Actually, I was worn out after Sunday's work. I'll back up to Saturday the 3rd. I spent the majority of the day working on Jean's book case. The end product pictured above is not what I was working on at first. A few months ago (before Christmas) I cut the side pieces of wood for the book cases, but never assembled them. I was side tracked on several other projects. Back to what I was doing brought up the question: What was I thinking when I cut those boards. Well. I tried to piece the puzzle together and ended up scrapping the entire idea do to lack of logical reason for making it that way. I then applied the KISS to the project (Keep It Simple Stupid).
The new plan uses 3/4 sanded plywood for 98% of the construction. So I cut two sheets of plywood into all the sides, tops, bottoms and shelves. It was amazing on how little the waste pile was, not counting the previous plan. After the pieces were cut I set up a jig on the drill press for making the shelf support peg holes and drilled holes for the first cabinet.
Sunday 3/4 Gin and I helped her friend Jean with her two dog kennels. What should have been a quick 2 hour job turned into an all day, on your knees (on cold concrete) back breaker. All materials used are recycled from a pool deck that used to be in Jean's back yard. I removed old wire fencing material up to 3' off the floor on two sides of each kennel. Then I attached 1x6 pressure treated boards for nailers. After the nailer strips I cut and installed 36 inch long plastic deck boards vertically. The reason for the change in the kennel walls is to keep her Pointer, Puppy, from climbing the fence and over the top. Puppy is no puppy, he is an 8 year old show dog. Damon is the other Pointer. Jean used to be a professional dog handler, she has won best in show at the AKC show at Madison Square Garden. Jean is very particular in how she wants something done, aren't we all. I finished the day by climbing on her roof and re-attaching a piece of siding and cleaning out her porch gutters.
Monday and Wednesday evening were weight lifting nights. Tuesday and Thursday night I worked on the bookcase assembly.
Friday afternoon Gin and I placed our t-shirt order with the screen printer for our Walk America team. Later in the afternoon we drove to Albemarle to drop Stetson off with Caris. While in Albemarle we went with Caris, Thomas and his parents to look at a few houses in the area (for Caris & Thomas). We had dinner together at a local Mexican restaurant. We lucked out and had the waiter that was least interested in earning a good tip. The meal and company helped make the evening enjoyable.
Today I finished the book cases, look at the picture above to see for yourself. I cut and installed the back panels and shelves. I also cut and installed the face trim to cover the plywood ends. All nails were set under the surface and holes filled and sanded.
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