You're 1/2 as busy as a bee and that's great. Look forward to your timber bench build and continued positive check ups.
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Shorty, thank you.
I do like to keep active and your right I am really only 1/2 as busy as I would luv to be but I am getting there..
Oncology Specialist appointment and bloods tomorrow for a check up. Apart from fatigue from the
Chemo I am feeling fine..
The timber bench will be a ways off yet. Project wise I am keeping to stuff that I can manage easily at this point. I just have to pace myself..
Steve the timber you have for the bench is beautiful. I love the Redgum. I have a friend in the Blue Mountains that makes nearly everything out of Redgum and Tasmanian Oak.
Bret
Bret, we are fortunate to have some exquisite timbers out here but conversely you guys have some beautiful species that we can only dream of.
Redgum comes up well with some TLC but is extremely hard to work with..
My reclaimed redgum and antique bench seat restoration.
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1/2: you are starting to sound like your old self with TO DO LISTS, driving fast old COOL CARS and checking in with the guys at work, but i'm still sending prayers for a fast full recovery.
i love the idea of the wood bench and even cooler that you've got some nice material already set aside. don't push yourself too hard, but when you aren't visiting friends and relatives i'm here to say i'm going to pay attention to any woodbench build built by 1/2 WORKS if that happens.
speaking of relatives your DAD looks great and maybe cause he's looking at that cool HENRY you drove up to your brother's garage. is your DAD liking his new digs cause i think you all helped him move a while back? speaking of Brother had he seen it or drove it yet?
starting to rain a lot here now (2.5 inches predicted for just today) so guessing your weather is getting nice. enjoy your SUNDAY while some of us enjoy another SATURDAY.
cheers and a few of my hand planing with my Craftsman 3.5 inch electric planer that works ok even on big stuff if i can't get to the big planers i own or don't want to for small jobs.
have a great day and best of luck with this weeks medical stuff!!
drives thank you.
I do believe we are getting there in terms of the recovery, baby steps now and a ways to go but I am staying positive.
I am just working specifically to the
Cancer Recovery To Do List at the moment with no particular time lines at this point in time..
Refer to the updated list below.
I have always been eager to do a timber work bench but is one project I have never gotten around to mainly due to conflicting priorities. Like the rest of my bench builds I can visualise just how I want it to turn out but have not put pen to paper as yet.
Even though I have plenty of real nice timber to build it there might be a spanner thrown in to the mix, as my neighbour, cancer survivor and good friend that I received the
WODEN Vise from has the original bench ( ex funeral home carpenter shops ) it came from that I can have.
The bench is not readily accessible as its buried under piles of stuff in a lean to. I really need to evaluate its viability for a restoration but from what I can make out it has some lovely patina
You have done a great job with the hand plane
I do have a
RYOBI 12 inch bench thicknesser but it struggles with
redgum but it is fine for soft woods. I am privileged to have access to the big planner at work as it literally eats redgum..
Our Dad ( 85 ) is doing well, he gets a little forgetful at times. He has settled into his new independent living retirement home very well, infact I will be visiting him there today.
To answer your question, no my brother has not driven
Henry as yet.
We have had some awesome weather here with day time temps in the mid 80s F and cool nights. We do need some rain however as the country will dry out fairly quickly over the next month or so.
I have been watering lawns and gardens constantly of late.
Looking forward to visiting dads new digs today, a visit from my youngest sister, working on Henry's wiring and getting some
QST in as well.
The timber bench is an awesome idea. Recycling some beautiful wood. Looking forward to seeing it someday with your special design touch.
Bob, thank you
I am certainly looking forward to a
timber bench build into the future. I have seen some magnificent builds on the
GJ over the years and its time now to add my take on one..
All,
The Cancer Recovery To Do List.
Update 22/10/2017
• Exercise - walk daily.
• Eat well.
• Rest and smell the roses
• Replace front and rear security doors flywire. (
completed )
• Fit new castors to mid century Bendix office chair. ( procurement completed )
• Dawn wood work vise restoration.
○ Dismantle. (
completed )
○ Solar EBATH (
completed )
○ Reassemble. (
completed )
○ Paint.
• Plant new season tomato seedlings. (
completed )
• Reseal kitchen and family room slate. ( next week )
• I have an old wine barrel that is just screaming for a make over. ( when ever i have nothing better to do with my time )
• We have amassed copious quantities of house paints over the years with the left overs taking up valuable shelf space in the shed, so the aim is to go through each and every one and dispose of those that are past there use by date which I suspect will be the majority of them.
. Detail some of
Henry's wiring to make it period correct and not stand out like a sore thumb.
• List items for sale on our local buy, swap and sell.( just to clear some space )
○ Portable 12 cfm single phase compressor.
○ 2 - 2 HP single phase electric motors.
○ 3 - 5ft Burnbrite safety lights.
○ Misc. light fittings
○ Antique dolls pram
○ Makita drop saw ( surplus to requirements )
○ Ryobi electric blower vac
○ B&D electric weed wacker
○ Assorted terracotta pots
Thank you one and all, I trust your weekend is going well..
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