26th September 2021
We took pictures of all the finished pieces in the hope that sales might pick up. We were disappointed that the mid century piece, formally Pinky has not attracted much interest.
We had a lady stop round to look at it, but she decided it was too good for her son and left. It happens, the new ones should sell quickly as they are more plain,we shall see.
I got a bit pissy trying to fit doors to a low side table. We had to use different hinges which meant I had to machine pockets for the hinges to fit into on the back of the doors. Then the screws were just a bit too long, so I made a packer to go under the hinge plate. When the doors were fitted they stood out to much and looked real crap.
So I did what I should have done in the first place and cut the tip off the screws and make them shorter. I found my good snippers and proceeded to reduce the length. Although it was only a couple of millimetres it was really difficult to cut. I squeezed so hard I thought I was going to have a heart attack, my eyes were closed tight as I summoned every once of strength, eventually there was a ping! as the tip flew off in some direction. “Good” I thought, “only another eleven to go”
Now reduced to a weak shadow I was able to refit the doors properly.
To calm myself down I did a bit of scraping on one of the chairs.
Another Lifetime to go 