I filled the thirty gallon barrel with fertilizer. Frank brought some when he came yesterday. I then watered all the plants in house two with the fertilized water. I haven't used fertilizer all winter.
I worked on the piano bench most of the day. Some of the bench was put together. I took it all apart. and discovered that I had made some mistakes. I didn't get enough pictures to give remember most of the details.
There are two legs. I made mistakes on the bottom and also on the top. Some of the screws were in the wrong place. I drilled them out with half inch bit. I put the plug cuter in the drill press and made eight plugs to fill the holes. I applied glue to the plugs and put glue in the holes. With a hammer I tapped each one firmly into the holes.
I held it in the vise and sawed off the plugs.
I made a paste with powdered saw dust and Elmer's glue to fill in the drill bit tare outs. I shaved a little off the edge which cleaned up nicely. There were two that were not were not dry enough. That is for tomorrow.
I had a nice weathered four foot long 2x4 I trimmed both sides to 2x2 3/4. The saw started to spark. There were four grabber nails hidden in the wood. I used that board for something else; I drove a screw in it and the head broke off leave the screw shaft in the wood. Over the years the entrance hole disappeared. I then planned the two flat surfaces. Next I put the legs into position to accurately measure the cross piece that connects both legs. A tenon has to be made to fit the hole, the mortise, I used the table saw sled to make the tenon on one end. I used the saw and a hand saw for the other one.
The above picture is where I gave up for the night. I could not hook the upper bracket to the bench top. One screw was to long and another screw was to short. I am considering using pocket screws tomorrow.
Day two of the second week.
Comments and questions are welcome.
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