I have legs!

For my workbench, that is. The sawyer called and I picked up four 4"x4"x36" pieces of kiln dried walnut. Only one has some minimal cracking, which is to be expected from kiln drying, but nothing that would cause structural problems. Wanna know how much it cost? $33 and some change, after tax. That's right. $33. If you're shopping for domestic woods, I suggets you try to find a local sawyer. You'll wait a while, possibly even a year. But the price is right. Pics to come soon. Now, to dig out the workbench plans and mill up the legs.

Legs for the workbench...

It's been a while since I've updated this thing. We've been converting a dining room into an office, and fixing up the house some. So there's not been time for woodwork. I do have some news, though. The gentleman at the sawmill left me a voice mail and told me he had the walnut cut up for the legs of my workbench. It's currently in the kiln. So in a few weeks, I'll be able to take my workbench off of those saw horses and get it on a more stable surface. Finally.

I took the summer off

Without even meaning to!  I keep up with woodworking podcasts, forums, etc.  I always marveled at the guys/gals that said "oh I take the summer off", or "I only do woodwork when it's the cool seasons".  I thought "How can they live with themselves"?  Well, now I know.  I accidentally took the summer off from woodworking.  I didn't even mean to.  It just kinda happened.  I'd like to blame the dining room to office remodel... but that'd be a lie.  I was just too busy to even sneak in a weekend here or there.  Well, it seems as the cool weather of fall is coming, I can get back into the garage.  First I have to clean it!  What a mess.  I still have to finish up the office, but all that is left is to wash the walls, spackle & paint.  Should be a fairly easy weekend.  We'll see.

Woodworking during the summer...

I was always curious about the guys/gals in woodworking forums that talked about taking the summer off. Some say heat is the reason, others time. I've not had to deal with either of those in the past. This summer, though, is totally different. The heat does not bother me. I've lived in Alabama all my life, I'm used to July & August heat. It's the time that I'm having trouble with. This is the first summer where I've been so busy I couldn't get to my woodwork. That's ok, I've been having fun all the same. Keep checking the blog, eventually I'll get back to the cabinet, the workbench, and maybe even that small tack box.

I'm not dead...

I'm just busy. Too busy to get into the garage. One day I'll make it back to my ugly cabinet, legless wordkbench, and 2 sided tack box.

New camera!

Finally got a new camera. I'll try and take pics of the really, really... really red cabinet tonight.

Not much lately...

I've been so busy the last month I've not had time for woodwork. Hopefully, that will change soon. I plan on getting back to painting the Krenov Cabinet and finishing up the small box.