In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:WOO HOO! Nothing like finding stuff you'd thought was lost!
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I think I'm going to work on that keyboard shelf I started making for my brother when he was in town. I thought I'd done what I needed to do, but after I was there last time I discovered that the old/broken one had some holes drilled into the bottom to allow for screw-in nuts to be set at specific points and tightened with an allen wrench for the screws that will tighten it to the brackets for the pull out system.
I knew I wouldn't be going back to see him the next few times my dad went down, but if I can get it done in the next day or two he might be able to come by to pick it up before he goes next week.
I'd lost the bag that had a few of those nuts that had fallen out when the original shelf broke as well as all of the necessary screws, but after looking all over today I finally found it.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Yeah. Glad I finally got around to doing it today.
I came up with a great idea to figure out exactly where the holes needed to be too. I taped a few pieces of graph paper end to end, placed them over the broken tray and used a carpenter pencil to rub over the old nuts so I could get the exact placement on a template for the bottom of the new tray I made. I then did my measurements and taped the template into place with some painter's tape so I could get the pilot holes drilled.
I also used electric tape on my drill bits for the pilot holes and the final drill so I would know exactly how deep they needed to be for the nuts without going through the top of the tray.
Then I put wood glue on the nuts before turning them into place with the allen wrenches and wiped all of the excess glue off.
It should work perfect.
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Out for my walk in a bit. Umbrella as precaution.
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Back from my walk and it is still dry with a bit of sun trying to peak out through the clouds.
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Seems if I want to watch the rest of "Deadwood" I will have to find it on YouTube. Library had it but now gone.
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Off to maqh jong in the morning.
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I missed that you'd started Deadwood, Brenda.
How you liking it so far?
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Beat the rain back and no luck at mah jong though I did manage to get the elusive 100 extra points for going out without laying anything down.
On the flipside my friend's knee surgery just got cancelled.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I missed that you'd started Deadwood, Brenda.
How you liking it so far?
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I'm not too sure about it. And my watching it is kind of stalled. Have to look it up on YouTube now.
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Found a new detective series on Britbox called "Shetland" which I think you would like, but it's relativey new so only the first two seasons might be available free. There are six all together. The main characcter (Jimmy Perez) is not your typical quirky cerebral, cynical Sherlock Holmesian detective. He's a reflective, stable, responsible guy whose major strength IMHO is an empathic grasp of people. Worth looking up.
I had to look up where the Shetland Islands are. Gawd, they're in the middle of nowhere!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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