Shedding Light

Fiat lux! I started wiring up the lights last October--I finally finished. Just a bit of shingling on the North face, and the 25-year woodshed project will be complete!

All Hands on Deck

 I think we built the first section shortly after finishing the work on the rear foundation--so, 17-20 years ago. The tar really did its job, and because I used deck screws and not air nails, it is all quite modular. Pop out the screws and lay down new wood--simple! I did have to splint a place where two plates connected, taking about 18" out of each and putting a new section of joist between them, as well as several 5/8" bolts. All back together again--and if it lasts another 20 years, rebuilding will be someone else's problem!

The Doors

 

The left door is nearly finished (a pity the right-hand one is getting bubbly!). Still working on the spring tension, but I will manage it in time, I think. I have discovered that I can still buy cylinders for the external locks--I'll fit one this weekend.

Trenchant!

 I finally dug the ditch to lay drainage pipe for the workshop sump pump. While not as long deferred as the woodshed foundation (some twenty-five years after we built the shed!), it has taken a while. I made the first shallow incisions a couple of weeks ago, and then dug it out thoroughly on the holiday Monday. 

Garage Doors

Time to re-skin the garage doors. I did three panels about 25 years ago, and the entire second set of five about four years ago. I'm wondering just how old these doors are. They were coming to pieces 29 years ago, so that means they were surely 20 years old then. These things are antiques! 

Darlin' Buds of May

 The sumacs are starting--mere buds but soon they will be green instead of these gray skeletal growths. 

Little Doors

Quite a few years ago, I bought a Freud bit set for floating panel doors. Unfortunately, I belatedly discovered that they required at least a 3HP router, and my Porter-Cable wasn't up to the job. Eventually I acquired a 3.25HP Freud router, by which time I had forgotten about the bits. I gathered up a few oak scraps and made some doors, the final part of the bathroom renovation, and they turned out fairly well. I think I'm going to enjoy these bits...finally!