9th June 2023
I had been thinking about the bowed worktop all night, trying to find alternatives to adding a piece on metal and forcing the top flat. It seemed like the top would be highly stressed and could cause the top to crack at sometime in the future.
I called John, although he was not at the mill, I wanted to bounce an alternative idea around.
The main cause of the bow was a wide strip of timber in the middle of the top that had moved.
I suggested to him that we cut the worktop down the middle and insert another narrower strip and re-glue. This would relieve the stress, and then insert some hard timber braces on the underside. John had showed me some examples that were harder than oak that could do the job. So we agreed that I will drive down on Monday to help run the piece through the saw, and prepare the joining.
The next thing on the list was to get the truck fixed. A exhaust clamp had broken and needed to be replaced. Kelli booked it into a small garage that had done work for her before.
We drove there with the truck sounding like a tractor, waited twenty minutes for it to be fixed, then drove home a lot quieter.
We took pictures of a pair of night stands that we converted from a desk, these were “quick and dirty” jobs that we needed to boost the months numbers.
Larry was having a garage sale across the road, I took over a couple of Equa chairs that we’ve had for ages and couldn’t sell. He had a few people turn up, but the chairs were still there when he finished for the day, maybe better luck tomorrow.
Another Lifetime to go 