My wife has been after me to build a table so that she can keep her sewing machine out and available any time she gets the urge to use it. OK, how hard could that be. Well if I was a carpenter it would be a breeze, but I am not. Every time I do a project I come away with a real admiration for people with these kinds of skills.
The space that the table is going into is sort of L shaped. One end will have to fit between two walls. So I measure the space and I allow 1/4 inch on each side, in case the wall is not straight. I measure this space 5 or 6 times and put the measurements on a piece of paper. Now I have plan what can go wrong. Off I go and start to build it. I even had to go to a friends house, who is a carpenter to help me put it together. The first thing he asked me was did I allow for a wall that is not straight. And I say "get outta town of course I did".
We build the table I bring it home and get ready to drop it right into the space. First try its a little tight, so down to the garage to sand down one corner. I just want to say right here that the table weights about 50 pounds and to get to the garage I have to go down 2 sets of stairs. I sand it down lug it up the stairs again, drop it in, still a little tight,down to the garage,sand bring it up, drop it in. Still needs to be sanded. Back down to the garage,sand, bring it up. drop it in , won't fit. now I get out the circular saw. Cut down a corner, sand, drag it up, drop it in, still won't fit. After about 5 more trips down to the garage it finally falls into place. But now I have to repaint the walls because of all of the forced fittings. It looks pretty good except for one corner that I cut about 1 inch to much.
A Carpenter song for you.
3 comments:
Nice touch ending your post with the Carpenters...Karen Carpenter's life ended way too soon...I've always loved her music. As for the lack of carpentry skills, all of us who have husbands who aren't carpenters can certainly relate to that! (And for me, having a husband who knows computers certainly equates to the fact that I can expect my computer to be impossible to run because of all the anti-hacking stuff he puts on it...) Never ask a guy who does computer stuff for a living anything about his own computer at home--it won't get done (what's that they say about carpenters and THEIR own houses??)
On that note Heidi,
Never ask a doctor give advice to his/her own family member. You will just get a blank stare and a "Don't worry about it. It'll be alright." Yeah, my hubby is phenomenal in the office, OR, ER, ICU, NICU but at HOME he doesn't work at all! My kids could have fevers of 103 and above I am still the one who gets the meds, gives the baths calls the pediatrician... blah, blah, blah. Not that he doesn't care it's just a weird incapacitating disorder that occurs once they hit the couch.Oh Yeah, Willie. I am not "dis"-ing men here either. It is true!
Willie, I am actually very impressed that you were able to build Monica a nice L shaped table. Good job! I hope she sews you some new shiny spandex bike shorts.
Now that would be really funny--Willie in some shiny new spandex bike shorts--what color should Monica pick, do you think??
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