After the rush before Christmas, I couldn't bring myself to face the clean-up required in the shop so I stayed away as much as possible. Went down there today to start, and found Grandma's little decorative step stool that Grandpa had "mistook" for a real one, and found out quickly that it wasn't.
Since it was a gift from the younger granchildren a couple of years ago, it had to be fixed and is now in original condition.
I also got to play with one of my gifts, a digital tape measure. It's a little big for most of my uses but those numbers are sure easy to read and tests proved it to be quite accurate. Measuring the widths of boards with accuracy should be a snap now.
One of the gifts I had asked Mrs. Santa for was not under the tree so I guess I will have to wait for the local store to put their small lathe chisel set on sale. I figure I need these to try my hand at turning small pieces.
While in one of the big box stores last week I was looking at some storage cabinets that would help organize the shop. Quite pricy, but I felt I would rather spend my time making projects than making cabinets. Carry's rolling cart shown today though got me reconsidering that decision. It is one fine looking piece and I'm sure more solid than any thing that could be purchased.
Judging by the forum posts, not many have taken time off like me and it is great to read the posts and see some of the projects in process or completed.
Well maybe I'll get down there tomorrow.
Have a Safe and Fun week!
, As I write this, the snow is blowing, the wind is howling and they are forecasting several days of frigid well below zero temperatures, (in both scales F & C ), but at least we don't get fires, etc. Congratulations to the "boys" on their racing feats.
