19th January 2020
The snow from the previous evening continued overnight, and there were six fresh inches to greet us as we woke up.
I tried clearing the snow from the drive but the plastic shovel that we had proved inadequate.
“ Remind me to get a bloody metal one” I bellowed, sweeping the snow off the truck with a broom.
I wanted to make a start on the drawer pedestals that had come from an old desk got last year. These have always proved to be a great seller, but when Kelli got it back home she discovered that each pedestal only had three legs instead of four, making the conversion a lot more difficult.
That was the reason they had been stacked in the corner of the garage covered in sawdust.
I had often looked at them, but the thought of all the work to make an additional legs was too daunting.
Today I was up for the challenge. I had machined up some timber to make the new legs, and I had watched how experts stripped down old furniture with a heat gun to soften the glues.
I carefully removed drawer runners, and broke apart the side panel that had to be remade to include the new leg.
I had labelled all the parts, as the experts do, machined grooves and mortises in the new leg, things were going well.
Kelli was busy in the kitchen making a vegan quiche, along with many other things that keep me alive.
I was making good progress, I was using as many parts from the desk as I could.
By the time I had finished for the day the frame was nearly complete, I just need to source some plywood for the side and it will be finished, then just another one to go.
Another Lifetime to go 