Putting Christmas Away

The Christmas season is about over.  It is time to box it up and put it away.

Carol boxed the Santa ornaments in the live tree in the corner.  I put the big nativity away that is on the dinning round table.  It is always a challenge to get the piece in the right spot.  I have the compartments numbered and a number on the bottom of the same piece.  They would not fit in.  Used the named compartment instead of the numbered one.  They fit right in.  I slide it all in the big box.  It is now ready for next year.

I made this stool from a piece of wood that we found on a trip west of Utah Lake and west of West Mountain.  We were hiking and found a old weather and partially rotted piece of wood.  I took it home and used it for the seat.  It has been in the garage ever since we moved here nearly twenty years ago.  I wanted to fix it several weeks ago.  Today I pulled it all apart.  I filled the mortises with Elmer's glue and used clamps to force the tenens into the mortises.  It looks a little crooked from this angle.  That is okay.

While rearranging things in the garage I found and solid old table top.  I cut into two piece to build a table say sled.  I have one I made a couple of years ago which is not very accurate.  I took my time on this one which is really accurate.  I can cut a perfect 90 degree angle.

I use the table saw sled to cut rabbits in this wood.  The one on the top is too wide.  The one on the bottom has a tight fit.  I am going to make a small stool which I will use a router to make the rabbits.

I thought that I would use the table saw sled to make miter cuts.  My miter saw has been in house four for years.  I brought it into the garage and cleaned it up. A little sowing machine oil helped to free up the saw.

I glued up four twenty-three inch zx4's together to use for the legs.  I ripped a little off each edge of the 2x4's to have good gluing surfaces.  I put a little glue on and clamped them.



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Making a Table Saw Sled

Got up at regular time this morning.  Being Saturday, I turned the TV on for the six O'clock news.  I pushed the pause button and then had my shower and shaved.  I pressed the play button and fast forward to the national news.  I watched for a 30 minutes and then read another chapter in the Book of Mormon. 

Now that the Christmas tree decorations are put away, there is still a mess on the bedroom floor.  I spent about an hour getting that cleaned up.  I then worked in the garage.  There is a lot of saw dust and other things on the floor, and small pieces of wood that I needed to take care off.  Much of it was kindling and firewood.  I gathered it up.  There were some pieces  that were too long to fit in a stove.  I cut them into smaller pieces. I took them over to Raymond, next door.

I cleaned some of the paths through the snow and made them a little wider.  I did the watering in house two.  I then went back to the garage to build a Table Saw Sled.  I have watched them being built on You Tube.  I got it started.  We ate lunch at Costa Veita in Fillmore.  It was a birthday gift from Carol. Their serving are more than we can eat.  Therefore,  we brought most of it home.  It is fast Sunday tomorrow and we won't be eating again until after Church. 

Worked some more on the table saw sled.  I used a 2 x 4 for the front of the sled.  There was a fairly good size piece or 3/4 oak plywood. I cut it in half and attached the 2 x 4 to the front of the plywood,  I glued and screwed the runners that fit in the groves on both sides of the saw blade.  I got it put together, but the runners would not fit in the groves.  I took it apart.  The 2 x 4 was bowed.  I used my jointer to remove the bow.  Glued the runners back on.  This is not a very good photo.  It was a little dark in the garage.  The saw cut down the middle is where the blade is raised.  The fence is at the bottom of the picture.   There is a stop held by the wooden clamp.  I can then push the wood I am cutting next to the stop and make number of pieces the same length.

I worked in the greenhouse while the glue was drying.  Several days ago i filled four con-trainer trays with soil.  This afternoon I planted Salvia pachyphylla seeds in the trays.  I now have nine trays and probably have enough seed for four more trays.

Now back at the garage I finished the table saw sled.  I cut several pieces of wood to test it out. It  seems to work very well.  Next week I hope to make a cube puzzle.

I built a tool to hold safely the wood on a jointer.  I also built out of Masonite a pusher where I can safely cut 3/16" pieces of wood.