Yesterday was a downer. I had planned for several weeks for the copper clad dividing strips between the walnut and maple boards of the headboard for the bed. I even sent our first order of copper back as we did not like the patina that we had ordered. After a couple of hours yesterday morning it became clear that the copper idea would not work. I do not know if I ordered it too thin or if the idea was just bad from the beginning but in any case I had to go to plan B. That plan became more wood in the form of paduak wood. Yesterday I made 3 new dividers out of paduak and glued the seven boards together. This morning I put the legs on the boards so it will be ready to bring into the house this afternoon. I will need to put the danish oil on the paduak in the coming days but the headboard should be on the bed by Tuesday or so. We will see what it looks like then.
We are looking at cool temps for the next several days. This morning it was 39 at 5:00 AM and then went down to 38 by 6. I think the high yesterday was 53 and for the next several days the highs should be in the upper 40s. Not really that bad for mid October but then just a few days ago we were basking in the 70s so the big change makes it look chilly for sure.
I really needed to get the headboard glued so I can get it in the house and turn off that electrical heater. I get dizzy when I see the meter going around when it is on!
It is hard to believe that we only have this weekend and next weekend before November rolls around. Time goes by so fast.
I need to check the headboard again to see if it really is square--not a pretty sight if it is crooked but I have high hopes.
Enough for this morning.
Here we are at July and the months is Dave's. An outstanding father, dad, woodworker and a man of God he had it all. We miss him.
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