He made me do it



table saw, temporary paint place, wood rack, drill press




band saw, jointer, compound mitre saw, scroll saw




lumber rack minus the walnut




Too many screw drivers below the window-----the trim that goes in the basement is drying




compound mitre saw which I used last night

 Really brother Dave made me do it.  He sent an e-mail last night and asked to see pictures of  my shop.  I had to do it because he is holding that pint (quart??) of choke cherry syrup and I MUST have it when we stop to see them this fall.
Now as anyone can see the shop is FAR FAR from orderly, neat and clean but it has come so so so far.  My goal is to have it half as orderly as Dave's was in his hay day!  And the walnut Dave--sorry it is stacked in another place but you can not hold that against me.
Now the short story of my shop.  I would say about 1984 or so I kind of closed my mind to wood working and decided to try to raise 4 children rather than spend time in the shop.  I was able to open my shop to some degree and my mind in a larger way again in the spring of 2003.  So taking that into consideration and then keeping in mind that I tend to change things or do things differently each week or maybe each month the clean out and clean up just never took place.  AND I did not intend to do it this summer either but Terry was so wonderful in encouraging me to get my act together and in fact she was a huge help in making the lumber rack which when I get to sorting and placing the lumber where I want it will be so very helpful.  NOW I need to take the time to make some things and use that lumber.  One can not see but there is 300 board feet of tongue and groove ash along with maybe 100 board feet of oak and then in another place there is about 75 board feet of walnut and some huge pieces of maple. 
Lastly Dave it is also your fault that I got out of bed so early this morning.  I rolled over and looked at the time which showed 5:00 AM.  I wanted to sleep more but then the thought of you holding back that syrup prompted me to get up and post so you would not be unhappy!!!!!
Today, maybe Terry will come home for the third time.  I  will be waiting for her call this morning to see how she did last night as that will go a long way towards homeward bound today.  I am guessing they will want her to eat some solid food and then see how she does before she comes home which means maybe later today.
More heat is on the way but this morning the open windows in the sun room have a wonderful cool breeze that goes perfectly with my FP coffee.  It actually is extra special this morning as I bought some Truestone coffee that is roasted by friends.  It has kind of an tangy taste which helps wake a person up. 
Enough for August 28, 2012
I just realized my blog is still on eastern time and I can't figure out how to change the time zone!!  Not important I guess.