I went to the lumber yard today, ready to ask if they had a scrap pile like in the old days where you could pick through leftovers and purchase them. When I got to the lumber yard I was saddened to see that they were closed...apparently they close at 2 pm on Saturdays. Oh well. I did the rest of my errands and went home...but when I arrived in my driveway I was delighted to find a carpenter with a chop saw working on wood trim. I asked him if he would make ONE cut for me if I paid him. He asked what it would be, etc. and said sure, bring the board out and he'd do it. I parked the car, ran in the house, swept everything off the bottom shelf on the wall near my desk and confiscated the long piece of pine. I grabbed a ten dollar bill and took the board out to the carpenter. He had already taken the saw off of his table and was on his phone while he waited for me. He initially politely refused the money, but I insisted saying he had to stop what he was doing, take the saw off the table, it was really hot and he was drippy wet with sweat...all that stuff...he finally acquiesced and then cut my board with one drop of the saw blade. YAY!!!
A little later on I took the board down to the basement to pick up where I left off yesterday.
 |
| The board cut by the carpenter. |
 |
| Figuring out how to position the posts for legs on the board for a base. Today everything went as smoothly as I hoped it would yesterday -- the drill went right into the wood, the screws went right into place. Easy peasy...it just took a bit of time. |
 |
| Yay -- the legs are not exactly stiff and stable yet, but they are in place. |
 |
| The board is not as wide as I had planned, but you make do with what you have on hand sometimes...the posts on the outside corners of the board will work just fine...I will have to reinforce them for strength at some point, but for now, they are in place. |
 |
| I chose one of the larger tomato cages and I actually found 4 of the copper things I was hoping to find to secure the legs/tomato cage in this first stage of construction. The metal cooperated and bent easily and the screws went in easily, too! |
 |
| It's kind of hard to see in these photos right now, but this is how the skeleton of this guy looks. I have no idea how he will turn out -- this is REALLY what I call starting from scratch. |
 |
| Another view...the camera couldn't capture what I was seeing...the wires are so thin they get lost in the photo. |
 |
| And another view from another angle...I don't know if the big end with be the head end or the tail end...probably the long legs of the tomato cage will turn into a tail -- that makes the most sense to me right now. |
 |
| Pretty decent shot...it is a little wobbly, but it holds together! |
No comments:
Post a Comment