while I got a ton of things done this past weekend, I am still healing. I have a long list of big projects and wants that are waiting until I am back in fighting shape. I can’t just sit around though and NEED things to do besides eat, rage post on the 9 forums I belong to, drink beer and rose in the yard, watch YouTube until 4AM, play video games, and get fatter. So I planned a busy weekend with the Jeep, some 3D printing, a little design work, some tool shopping, and I continued to shadow in all my tool boxes with birch plywood.
I spent 3/4 of a day cutting and finishing a multi-lever collet organizer. I designed it the weekend before and it came out perfect the first time. REALLY proud of the collet wrench fit: Like a glove with 1/6” gap all the way around! Was very happy to get one chest completely shadowed in – I have two more chests with 14 more drawers to go.
I was also stoked to finally get a BIG router for my router table lift and get it installed and working. I got an “open box” deal at my local Woodcraft, which is special in itself – I am usually stuck paying full retail for everything. I am not the guy who constantly tells the “Oh man! I got this smoked deal…: stories. The first router project will have to wait a little bit though until my shoulder is back in fighting shape.
I made my wife super happy by designing and printing a puppy bowl table out of white PLA and I ended what turned into a very hot Seattle weekend doing some free advertising for my beloved Subaru: I was wearing my Scooby mechanic shirt with a sweet new patch and a lady came up to ask be about a noise and a mod for her car. I told her I was not a Subaru employee, but she just kept asking. I did end up telling her that the noise was probably one of the exhaust manifolds – new gasket and needed to be torqued properly. Also told her yes on the K&N intake. Just being helpful. Subaru should pay me to preach.