2nd November 2022
I had a choice of jobs to work on today. I needed to make some progress on the refinishing of a small side table for the Indian guy up the road. It was something he had made himself out of some other piece of furniture. It was a little crude, and for me to refinish it I had to knock it apart, it was much easier to sand and strip the finish off. So I had that to do, plus Kelli wanted the drawers for the potbelly table that now resides in the house.
I had to make a new curved bottom for the two deep drawers that give the table that name. I used bendy ply which worked a treat. I need to add a second layer just to give it some strength.
Thirdly I had the get the hockey stick assemblies finished. Whilst I was working on the one I experimented with bendy ply to make a cover. I glued up two layers and used every clamp I had to hold it down. In my opinion it came out well, it held its shape, and just needs trimming.
This was a little controversial, because Elaine wanted to use a 10mm thick vinyl soffit material, I told her it would never bend round the radius, even if she heated it up. So there was a lot of tooing and frowing on messenger until she drove over to see it for herself. Reluctantly she agreed for me to make the second cover.
I worked late to get it glued and clamped up, and I’m not even getting paid!!
Another Lifetime to go 