Friday, September 16, 2011

Summers Over Or How I Learned To Love Winter And Get More Projects Done

 Summer's over already? I think I can tell from the 10C on the thermometer and the nasty nasty cold I caught.
 Well before I got sick i managed to get some more work done on my little box thingy. Pre-finishing with shellac, I went back to the ultra thin mix and wow. I'm super impressed with the results.
 Glossssssy! Too bad I dented the top somehow =(.
Nothing new here, just dowels and glueing up.

 Ive also been working on a friends...not sure what to call it, but it's for a rack unit, there will be a bunch of holes drilled into it for knobs and such. Should look pretty sweet, I'e already made a few others for him and they all turned out great!
 Heres where I got up to this week, mocked up the base and made an awful looking door template. I'm not sure if i should add some kind flare to the base, a lil curve or something instead of just flat and square.
 And lastly, a friend of mine needed a 3 legged corner desk. It's ridiculously tall(42 inches) because he insists on using a bar stool for a chair...it's nothing fancy, helping a friend out and it's a bit of money for me ;)
Could have been an SOB and just doweled it but whats the use of building something geared towards failure and never getting another job again? Right!?


OK one last thing. I love spicy food, who doesn't. I bought a Habanero pepper plant for like 3 bucks at home depot and planted it. What i didnt realize was that these things are really REALLY spicy, and i have like 30 of them. I'm in the process of jaring them in some oil and very slowly giving them away/eating them over the next year or so. I cut one up for a pot of chilli, but forgot to wear gloves. The NEXT day i rubbed my eyes and holy moly, I thought my eyes were going to fry right in their sockets. Respect the pepper.

2 comments:

Nicholas Nelson said...

Yay summer is about done and Fall is here finally!
That little desk-top cabinet is looking good, that Santos sure takes a finish eh?

Ha those peppers sound dangerous... and delicious ;).

Good to see you're able to get into some work again!

Nick Brygidyr said...

yeah but its really soft and loves to get dented, planes better than african too!