28 April 2012

Thirty-three degrees outside at 0700, but at least it weren’t raining!  The inside of the Man Cave was a balmy 44, which speaks well to the tight fit of the shed garage door and the insulating properties of ten inches of stone and concrete.  By late afternoon had warmed up to the point where I could even take off my winter jacket.  Almost tropical!  Was a great day for carpentry, so built the four brackets which, along with a length of 2x4, will keep the woodshed doors closed.  Looked pretty good until I realized I had drilled ⅝″ countersink holes for the attachment carriage bolts… and they needed to be ¾″ holes. Now any halfway decent carpenter (among whose members I apparently don’t belong) will tell you that you can’t enlarge a ⅝″ hole into a ¾″ hole with a hand-held drill and a spade bit… and they would be correct if you wanted actual round, smoothly cut, good looking holes as a final product.  I reconciled my results with the old adage, “If it don’t have hinges, it don’t have to be perfect.”… and a suitable quantity of wine with dinner.  Spent the balance of the afternoon putting a ¼″ corner round on the top edges of the 1x4 cedar boards.  The architectural plans call for that detail on the woodshed doors for some reason having to do with shadow lines.  Then I ricked all the boards, ‘cause though they didn’t have any actual green leaves on them, they certainly are freshly cut and haven’t been kiln dried.  Discovered that the compartment in which I was storing my sander and sand paper has a serious water leak… which didn’t do the aforementioned materials any good at all.  Have I ever mentioned how much I HATE WATER LEAKS!!!!