Shop Project Detour Number 1
While in Fenelon Falls last weekend I drove over to Handley Lumber to pick up 'gray-on-both-sides' barn board and was told to come back in an hour. They'd 'bin busy'.
No problem. I can handle free time. Off to a great flea market/antique store I did go - just blocks away - and saw something weird, maybe wonderful. After a bit of thinking ("This could be something. This could be...") I bought a tall CD cabinet made from well-aged knotty pine, not because I saw it as a suitable place to store excess CDs but because, after sanding and painting, it could be a pretty groovy six-plex for small songbirds who like communal living on somebody's back deck. Maybe even mine. But we'll see.
[I took it apart; it's now ready to paint"]
Shop Project Detour Number 2
"I'll come over and check it out, after lunch on Monday," I said to Mrs. King.
She wanted either a birdhouse repair or a new model because a furry buzzhead of a squirrel had done significant damage to the four-plex I'd repaired two times in the past. And when I saw the damage I came to a quick conclusion.
["They ate the front door and went through the wall!"]
"I want to fix it. I could sell you another one but your squirrels might make quick work of it too."
I like odd jobs, fixer-uppers, challenges, and the possibility of defeating a squirrel, even a nasty gang of them, turns my crank.
This type of redo could very likely keep me busy (and motivated) in the shop until I'm 100 years old. Rebuild & Repel Rodents!
Stay tuned.
Link to "I need your barn board"
Photos GH
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