4th April 2023
Having built the saw frame yesterday, today was assemble the saw to the frame day.
I wheeled it out to where the frame was waiting.
For once I followed the instructions precisely, making sure all the nuts were tightened down, and there were no parts left.
Now it was the setting and adjusting part to go.
First I made sure the blade was at ninety degrees, for this my digital inclination meter was very useful. Making the fine tuning adjustment was painless, and I was very pleased with myself. Next was setting the fence parallel to the blade. To check this I used my laser measuring device, so darn accurate you could pick your teeth with it.
Now I was ready for my test run, and just at that moment the rain came, I rushed to put everything under cover.
I will try again tomorrow.
We had a visit from Stephen and Kathi, the couple who presided over our wedding, we hadn’t seen them for years, so it was a wonderful surprise. Stephen was suffering from Parkinson’s disease, and his tremors were quite severe, it was such a shame to see the once articulate and active person reduced to a whispering shadow, but his wit was still present.
They only stayed for a short time, as he get tired very easily, and they had to drive to their daughters house for dinner.
As they left, a couple arrived to collect four chairs that we had for sale.
It was sad to see them go, they were the Shaker style that I liked, but we had others that replaced them. It’s just like the set for Only Fools and Horses, every episode there was different furniture in the flat, I feel like that happens here.
After they left another couple came to collect the long white dresser. She was a few months pregnant and it was to go into the baby’s room.
I helped them load it, I was glad that it went, it was a heavy bugger.
Another Lifetime to go 