Who has the oldest unfinished project?

reible · Post by **reible** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:36 pm

My day ended early today with the onset of rain. Well I could do some inside stuff but I decided to catch up on some reading here at the forum.

While I was doing a post about a platform swing that has been hiding in the garage for 28 years now in need of some small repairs and refinishing I also remembering that the sheet of plywood it is sitting on is really a single sheet of plywood picnic table waiting to get cut out.

The plywood trumps the swing by a couple of years, it has the pattern drawn on it waiting for someone to cut it out. I'll say that is about 30 years in a holding pattern. The worst thing is that may not be the oldest project sitting in the garage... the rest could be so old I may have completely forgotten about them.

I know some of the younger people here might not even be as old as these projects but it would still be interesting to here some stories of "yet to be finished woodworking projects". To be fair I do think they need to be at least 10 years old or more to fit in here but you chose.

Ed

robinson46176 · Post by **robinson46176** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:04 pm

Whoa there... Have you been looking around my place??

I'll have to think about this one a little. Not about trying to find an old unfinished project, I just have to thin the looooong list down.

If I try hard I might be able to come up with a couple that I did finish...

mbcabinetmaker · Post by **mbcabinetmaker** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:12 pm

Are you guys trying to start another fight!:eek: All I need is for my wife to get wind of this Thread.

Dirt under the rug should stay under the rug.

Mark

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:44 am

Well now, I can knot qualify as none of my unfinished projects are 10 years old or more...but there is a reason for that: I have only lived in my current home for 4 years. I have several 4 year old unfinished projects, but I will knot list them as, has already been said, they do knot meet the
Reible criteria.

mdwine · Post by **mdwine** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:39 pm

I wanted to build a 'shooting cart' to carry my musket to the firing line along with ammo, tools, cleaning equipment... anything I might need on the line.

I bought inflatable tires, nice birch plywood, and some metal tubing for the push/pull handle... 25+ years ago.

I still have all the stuff... not assembled or even cut out yet... but I COULD IF I WANTED!

robinson46176 · Post by **robinson46176** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 1:59 pm

mdwine wrote:I wanted to build a 'shooting cart' to carry my musket to the firing line along with ammo, tools, cleaning equipment... anything I might need on the line.

I bought inflatable tires, nice birch plywood, and some metal tubing for the push/pull handle... 25+ years ago.

I still have all the stuff... not assembled or even cut out yet... but I COULD IF I WANTED!

DANG!!! Something else to put on my to-do list...

I hadn't even thought of one of those yet.

I don't have any muskets but I do shoot a few common front-stuffers now and then. None of what I have now is anything special and I don't do any formal shooting but they are fun to get together with some of my wife's brothers and shoot a little. I have killed a few paper targets but even though my neighbor is a taxidermist I have never had one stuffed.

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I have a nice pallet of walnut (around 200 bd ft) that I bought very cheaply at an auction about 8 years ago to make a new set of kitchen cabinets. I still have it but I no longer live in that house... We had that house put up in 1976 and there are a few things on it that I never did get done... Nothing serious, just little stuff like the basement.

lv2wdwrk · Post by **lv2wdwrk** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:09 pm

mdwine wrote:I wanted to build a 'shooting cart' to carry my musket to the firing line along with ammo, tools, cleaning equipment... anything I might need on the line.

I bought inflatable tires, nice birch plywood, and some metal tubing for the push/pull handle... 25+ years ago.

I still have all the stuff... not assembled or even cut out yet... but I COULD IF I WANTED!

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JPG · Post by **JPG** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:11 pm

robinson46176 wrote:DANG!!! Something else to put on my to-do list... I hadn't even thought of one of those yet. I don't have any muskets but I do shoot a few common front-stuffers now and then. None of what I have now is anything special and I don't do any formal shooting but they are fun to get together with some of my wife's brothers and shoot a little. I have killed a few paper targets but even though my neighbor is a taxidermist I have never had one stuffed.
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I have a nice pallet of walnut (around 200 bd ft) that I bought very cheaply at an auction about 8 years ago to make a new set of kitchen cabinets. I still have it but I no longer live in that house... We had that house put up in 1976 and there are a few things on it that I never did get done... Nothing serious, just little stuff like the basement.

So; Ya gonna make one out of Walnut???

P.S. Tom's cart IS nice, but but but where would You put the ramrod(s)? Not sure it is tall enough either ...!

robinson46176 · Post by **robinson46176** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:35 pm

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Tom's cart looks fine. The ML's I have now are all fairly short so it would work but it has been raining so dang much here I would have to buy some of those little mixed drink parasols to stick in the barrels to keep the rain out. Either that or make them fit in upside down.

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Since I don't want to scratch the guns I should use "softwood" for part of it.

RobertTaylor · Post by **RobertTaylor** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:55 pm

i want my wife to read this thread. the two cedar chests that i started 22 years ago are only midrange old compared to ed reibles. when i retired in '99 i said i was going to finish them but you guys seem to know how that goes. thanks ed for the "pick me up"