17 July 2018

No Goose Creek folks today ‘cause of forecast rain.  In fact it did sprinkle a bit this morning, but the major deluge (1″ in 20 minutes) didn’t hit until after quitting time.  C’est la vie!  Spent some quality time in the shop this morning making the window jack studs.  In order for the window rough openings to be the correct height and width in the locations I want them, those jack studs need to be exactly 48½″ long and 1¹¹⁄₁₆″ thick.  Enter, stage left, my thickness planer.  In the course of making those jacks, discovered three things: (1) the Orkin pest control treatment of the raw lumber drying in the wood shed was decidedly less than effective, (2) in less than two months the rough cut hemlock 2x4’s have dried to a considerable degree and are reasonably straight (J!), and (3) my 40+ year old radial arm saw finally needs some professional repairs if I want it to cut straight and true again.  Until I was chased indoors by the deluge (see above; also a whiskey and ginger was calling my name), did some more work on the wood walkway this afternoon.