12 September 2018

Finished running 14-2 wire for all the lights this morning. Wired up the 3-way switches correctly first try! All lights shining brightly except for one interior light (for which I need a junction box part from Lowes) and the two exterior lights (to be installed in conjunction with shingling the barn). Took all afternoon to install the eight wood “wedges” that will help anchor the cupola.  Reason it took so long to do that relatively simple task: having cut the 45° angles for each wedge correctly some time ago, decided today that they were wrong, so cut them the other way, only to discover that (1) they now were wrong (spatial orientation is so not my strong suit!) and, (2) cut again the original way, they now would be too short.  Grrrr!  So had to fabricate all new pieces.  The original pieces were created using the Goose Creek table saw… which I no longer have.  Doing the same work on my radial arm saw: not nearly so easy or safe… but I got ‘er done without losing any fingers.  Chree made my pre-prandial whiskey and ginger extra strong tonight.  I didn’t complain…