28th October 2025
It was back down to Byron Center, this time I didn’t have to pick up John the wood, he was already at the barn.
It was a wonderful drive even though the truck has developed a groan, possibly rear wheel bearings, I will need to get that checked. In the meantime I just turned the radio up a bit louder.
John was scurrying about when I arrived, the thicknesser was in pieces, and I didn’t understand why. The machine he had was old, but it could be converted into a sanding thicknesser, and also shaped cutters fitted to produce architectural details and skirting boards.
As of now it can’t do any of those things, which was a shame as I had plans to machine timber for the base for my chair.
As it was, we spent most of the time bonding the last strip to the slabs, then once they had dried, we cut everything to shape.
I did return John to his home, and then I had to drive to Hudsonville to collect a cedar chest that Kelli had bought.
The guy that helped me definitely had a problem, he hardly said a word, and once it was loaded he turned around and went back inside his garage without saying a word, strange.
Another Lifetime to go 