Eventually my Grandchildren will come to fully appreciate my woodworking shop. They will learn that when you want to do a little something, or make a small modification the tools and pieces are down in the shop. My shop has bits of wire and many kinds of glue and all sorts of tape, wood of all sizes and shapes and a heap of Arts and Crafts stuff.
The shop jobs in this blog are all of the 'oh, I'll just nip down stairs and take care of it" type.
Yesterday I went into the shop and make a flower/bud display vase. In my shop there was : a piece of wood, bark on, that I collected in the spring, also four one inch diameter test tubes, and a piece of 2 x 6.
I made the vase(?) hold four buds because that was how many we were getting from the hibiscus plants under the grow lights in our basement, currently. Now that the vase is done, the flowers seems to be running out.
Aside from have the test tubes, and wood available just down the stairs I also had a one inch Forstner bit, and drill. I used my jointer to flatten the bottom of the fire wood so that it would sit on the 2 x 6 and cut things to length with my mitre saw. I could have used a hand plane, but I am still trying to take it easy on my back.
As for finishing I had Minwax stain and shellac both on the shelf. Making this little project and the other two where non-events since everything was on hand.
The other two little jobs needed, waxed thread, lather lacing, and drilling. I have a couple of walking sticks and pretty much one of them accompanies me when I am out and about, especially when it might be slippery.
This stick has a cord that wraps around my wrist, to reduce the number of times I drop it while shopping. ( I have no hope that I will not drop it again.). The elastic that holds the loop on was getting tired. The solution was to go down stairs an cut a couple of feet of heavy waxed thread and wrap it around the elastic and the wrist strap. The waxed thread is used to make my Polissoirs but is perfect for this little job.
The other stick just needed a hole drilled and a length of leather lacing attached.
None of these jobs was big deal as long as you have some tools and a couple of shoe boxes of stuff laying around. It is a never ending battle in my shop between "too much jink" and " I'm glad I kept that thing, it's handy". Today I am happy about having stuff handy, tomorrow, who knows.
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