A few years ago we ended up with the remains of some old church pews, oak I think. I took two boards, planed them to have smooth mating surfaces, and glued them together. Continue reading
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It can be done
After finishing work on the small workbench yesterday I cleaned everything off of my main workbench. Pictures behind cut
Rebuilding a small workbench
Some years ago I found, perhaps at a garage sale, a small (2 ft. long, 2 ft. high) workbench. It has been useful, but it was really beat up: Continue reading
Friday night
I stayed late at work then took the train to south Minneapolis for colgaffneyis Night at the Pub. I got to Merlin’s Rest early, so I stopped in at the hardware store next door. I found some large old-fashioned (tapered square shank) auger bits there. I bought three, one 1-1/8″ and two 1-1/4″.
The company at Merlin’s Rest was pleasant, but I have had better evenings there. It seemed a lot noisier than usual. My tolerance for crowded loud bars and similar settings, never very high, seems to be declining as I get older.
Scottish Fair
I spent the day with colgaffneyis at the Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games. It was a good time, but exhausting. Continue reading
Got stuff done
I have done the first four of the items on Tuesday’s list of things to do after last weekend with colgaffneyis. Derusting the tools was not hard. Steel wool and oil sufficed for everything except the drawknife. A wire brush in an electric drill took care of that. Finishing the froe club was easy when I could hold it in the leg vise on my work bench and use one of the big drawknives I have here.
I still have to finish the Gaelic notes. Since Sunday I have found out something more about colgaffneyis war cry, “faugh a ballagh“, which to include. It solves a small mystery.
Sticky business
How to glue this to that . Via Make:
Never too late
Saturday afternoon (when it was not raining) I was doing some woodwork outside our tent at colgaffneyis muster. One of our newer members came by to look at what I was doing and chat. He is an older fellow (mid-late 40’s I would guess). He saw what I was doing and said he wished he could actually do stuff like that. I told him that I will turn 58 next month and I have only gotten serious about this in the last 10 years.
I hope he got the message.
Getting back to normal
colgaffneyis stuff is out of our garage, and we have managed to get our stuff out of it as well. So we are able to put both cars in it. Still to do:
- Put away all the wool plaids that have been drying in the basement.
- Clean the rust off some of my tools that were caught in the rain at Mankato.
- Clear my workbench (At least far enough that I can use it).
- Finish the froe club that I made at Mankato. It is actually usable now, but the handle could use some more work.
- Revise the notes on Scottish and Irish Gaelic from my talk at Mankato. I was quite gratified by the interest shown by my fellow members. I will submit the notes to colgaffneyis newsletter and put them up on my website.
Away for the weekend
Just south of Mankato, at colgaffneyis muster. This is an internal, non-public training event. It is going well. I have had the time for some woodwork as well as helping out with the camp chores. More when I have access to a larger computer.
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