24th February 2020
The task list was long and I was determined to get as much that I could do so that Kelli had something to work on.
There is the mid century dresser that needed the legs tightened. As usual this was not that simple. All four legs were loose, but I had to remove, and split the whole leg frame apart, re-glue each part and re-assemble. At some time in its life someone had tried to repair the legs by driving three inch screws into them. This actually did very little other than split the wood, this meant a lot of repair before I could put it all back together.
Whilst waiting for glue to dry, I fitted the new the cross rail into the chair. I had carefully whittled it down and bonded it back using epoxy resin, another one bites the dust.
It was also time to start dismantling the turquoise desk that we got from a thrift store a couple of days ago.
These will become a matching pair of bed side tables, but first they had to be separated.
The side panels were very bad, the plywood had blown and had to be replaced.
Once the top had been removed, I cut the front and back rails leaving the pedestal separate.
I was able to remove the old plywood, and made new ones out of some off-cuts I had in stock.
I had just finished when Kelli arrived back from her errands. She came into the garage looking a bit sheepish, I asked her what was up.
She opened up the back of the truck and inside were a pair of matching pink side tables and a single light green side table.
She had been to Goodwill and spotted them, so that was that, straight into the truck.
I worked through to 7.00pm, I staggered back in the house exhausted, this retirement is hard work.
Another Lifetime to go 