Instead of editing more video on the essential oil cabinet, I decided to put a bit up on some shop progress. I got the part from Bosch to fix the damage done by UPS during shipping. An easy fix that did not take much time to do. I am really thankful to Jim at Bosch for shipping the part to me directly instead of having to deal with the run around you get from UPS when you make a claim. When I called them UPS took some information and told me they would send it off to their "investigation" department. I felt more like I was the one under investigation and not that the customer service person I was talking to was there to help me.
This is the first job to be done in finding the saw a somewhat permanent home in the shop. It can't stay on the wing of the table saw. As usual in my world, having a job to do usually involves doing several jobs in order to get to the one you want to do. That is not a bad thing, it gets me out to the shop tinkering around, which I love. Sometimes you just need an excuse!
Whew, what a wonderful holiday. I hope yours was as nice. Family and friends, food and fun. It has been a long time since my son, daughter, and I were all together at once. Logistics worked in our favour this year and we got to spend Christmas eve together. We had our big turkey dinner and opened presents, talked a lot and enjoyed each others company. Being together made it extra special.
It is all done now. The tree is down and things have been cleaned up and re arranged. Quiet has once again descended into out lives and things are getting back to normal. I was going to go to the shop today and start work on getting the table for the mitre saw project started, but I edited video instead.
I have the second instalment of the essential oil cabinet done and it takes us through some of the joinery for the shelves. I am not totally happy with it, but it is another step along the way in learning to make videos.
Perhaps tomorrow I will get out to the shop and get the casters changed on the table saw. It is the first step in the mitre saw project. I picked them up at KW Surplus for just under $12 each. I bought 4 even though there is already 2 locking swivel casters on the saw. I figured what good is 2 casters left over, and it's always better to have a complete set the same on the equipment. Besides that, I will have the casters from the table saw to make a mobile base for the jointer. One thing leads to another. This whole project started out by me filling out a survey for Bosch and winning the saw. Oh, I must tell you that Jim over at Bosch got the new part that UPS damaged in shipping to me. I am really impressed by how they treat people, and they are making me a fan.
So, on to the video. My first attempts at housing dados (stopped dados). I saw Paul Sellers doing it, so that is where the influence came from. It took a long time to get them done and you can tell the different days by what I am wearing. Some days a jacket, some a coat, some a pull over. The heater makes a bit of hiss in the background, I hope the music detracts from that. Not my favourite piece of music, but it was just the right length.
All the Christmas shopping is done now. I am really excited. My son and daughter are both going to be here on Christmas eve. It is not often that we are all together, what with busy life styles and distances, so this is very special. The gifts are wrapped and under the tree. We went out and got a real tree this year.
I managed to get the first video of the Essential Oil cabinet edited and I put it on You Tube a few days ago. I thought I would make a short post and insert it in the blog here. I have called the series "A board of Cherry". Part 2 should come out shortly after Christmas.
I managed to sell my small scaffolding unit and I am going to put the money into some casters for the table saw. The ones on it function OK but there are only 2 swivel casters on one end and I want to change it to having all 4 corners with swivel casters. This will allow me to build the shelf for the Bosch Glide Mitre saw so that the table saw can be parked under it, freeing up a lot of space in the shop. So a shop project is in the future, and along with that, a whole bunch of re-arranging. The scaffold being gone makes a huge blank spot on the wall too, so stick around and see how this goes. It won't be the last time, that's for sure. I have to insulate and sheath the walls and put the electric in so things have to be able to be taken off the walls for that. I hope to pull the permit for the electric in the new year and get that roughed in and inspected so I can continue to close the interior in. All this, of course, depends on budget allowances. I may have a bit of commission work on the line, so that may bring in a couple of needed dollars.
