Day 2207 A big let down

29th August 2023

I was excited, today I was going to Larry’s to work on the wheel bearing.

First we drove up to Kelli’s mum to collect a couple of dressers to work on while I was working on the truck.

Finally I was ready to drive over and start work stripping the front wheel.

Larry was waiting in the doorway, as I walked over he said he wasn’t feel well, and could we put it off till next week. He was having trouble breathing, I guess smoking again wasn’t helping. I was disappointed and pissed, but I didn’t want to be responsible for him dying on the job.

We decided to get it done at a garage that we had used before, it was an extra cost didn’t want to make, but what the heck.

The rest of the day was a disaster, I tried cutting up some oak timber, but it was a bit much for my saw, and I didn’t want to burn out the motor.

Then I was about to machine a rebate in the back of the door frames when it started to rain.

So we decided to assemble the Webber grill.

The thing was bloody huge, I cursed that I couldn’t find any assembly instructions.

I started putting things together, realising that I put the wheels on the axles. Then I found the instructions hidden in the first bit of packaging.

Then I found I had fitted the wheels in the wrong order, and because I had fitted the knock-on caps, I had a hell of a job getting them off.

I was fitting legs, taking them off, putting them back on, it was a circus.

I stopped myself putting the handle on the inside of the cover, that would have taken the biscuit.

That is when we took a ride, nothing could go wrong with that, but the pavements were filled with joggers and other bike riders.

I finally got to do my machining without incident, however the grilling of the salmon didn’t go so well, it was taking a long time, we ran out of patience, sticking it in the oven to finish it off.

We did sell the white dresser to a repeat customer, later she sent a picture of it in place, that’s very rewarding.