Sunday & Monday

Sunday 12 January

Snow this morning when we got up.  But not to much.  It was just a dusting.   Instead of pushing the snow of the driveway,  I got out my blower and with three extension cords,  I began.

It went pretty fast.  I figure that it was much faster and blowing did a much better job than a shovel.  I also, blew of the snow on our front sidewalk.

Above are three sweet potatoes that I started December 12. which was exactly one month ago.   There are roots near the bottom of the potato that are beginning to grow.

I took out one of the potatoes and placed it on the white cloth.  It is much easier to the roots in this photo.

Monday January 13
With breakfast and the new over I began the morning work.  I wanted to build shelves for the shed.  I am moving a lot of things in the garage to the shed.

 I found a fairly nice sheet of 4x8 plywood.  I brought it to the patio and placed it on my pair of sawhorses.  With my new battery operated circular saw.  I measured sixteen inches to make a shelf.  I added four inches.  There is an eight foot firing board that I was going to use to guide my saw.  It didn't work because the board was to thick.  I then drew a line.  The saw worked really well, except when the blade stopped because of twisting the saw some.

I glued the rest of the pieces together for the push stick caddy together.  I then clamped it.   While the glue is curing I began work on the shelf.

I made some 2x2x20 inches long to hold the boards.  I screwed them to the studs.  I but three srews in each one.

I put the plywood on the braces, and put some of the stuff on the shelf.  The shelf began to sag some.

I fixed it by putting a small piece of plywood above the brace.  I did that to each stud.  That fixed the problem.

 The glue has cured some.  I drilled a hole on each side for a pencil.  The above photo showing the pencils and the tape measures in the pockets.

The last photo of the push stick caddy shows it completed containing the push sticks.

The fertilizing system leaking badly a couple of weeks ago.  The above photo shows that it has been fixed and doesn't leak any morel


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Snow Wasn't Much After All

Today is our temple day and there was not much time to get anything done.  I watched my three woodworking programs and then spent about and our in the garage.

There was only a trace of snow all the way to Manti.

I had to cut a short piece of wood off of another short piece.  I held the piece to a longer piece with a clamp.  Holding it to the miter gage I slowly pushed it through the saw blade.

The two short piece are glued to a base plywood  and to a backer wood.  I made two of them.

This will be glued to push stick caddy.  One on each side two hold the two tape measures that I have.

This fuzzy photo is of the empty caddy.

The back push stick is put in place.  It is made out of pine and gets beat up.  It is easy to replace

The next on is another stick made out of pine.

This one is made out of 1/8 inch Masonite.  There is a hook on the right side which is used by ripping narrow pieces of wood.  

I have two of them.

This one is made out of half inch plywood.  Setting the caddy next to the table saw, makes it easy to grab.

The large push stick is lined up first.  That is the one that I use most often.   This is more like a proto type.  When I get time I will make a new caddy with some redesigned push sticks.

There were snowy roads by Scipio Lake,  but the freeway going south from Scipio was only wet.


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Two New Projects

Woke up this morning to a good dusting of snow.  Breakfast and news.

I cleaned of the snow on the driveway and the front sidewalk.  A very light dusting of snow.

I then began a serious cleaning in the garage,  I sent a lot of stuff aside to take to the dump which I did in the late afternoon.  I cleaned the dust, sawdust, and woodchips. that were on the floor.  I removed more stuff.

A couple of years ago, I bought a case of clam shelf containers.  I didn't use many of them.  I took the box out to the shed.  The photo above shows the box..

The door in the back of the garage goes to the chicken run.  I rebuilt the box for a step up before stepping down.  That took me about an hour.

I have seven push sticks for the table saw to make sawing small piece of wood.  The push sticks were always covered or the one I wanted was at the bottom of the pile.

A 2x6 is used as the base.  It looks a little like bookends.  I put a  piece on the right end and put spacers between them.  They are held in place with screws.  It is a push stick caddie.

On the left is a heavy duty push stick, nest is another one made of half inch plywood, next two are made out of Masonite for ripping thin pieces of  wood.  The last two are made of pine.  They get beat up and are easily replaced.

I have a nice tool chest, but I have tow open two or three drawers before I get the right drawer.  I labeled each drawer.  It should save me sometime.

The biggest time waster was going through all the drill bit to find one the right size and sharp.  I tried each one in a piece of oak.  Those that would not cut went into this plastic bottle.  I put the other ones in a small plastic dish.  I did mire cleaning.


Comments and questions are welcome.