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Last edited by JOES66FURY; February 5, 2021, 10:48 AM.If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower. - Mark Donohue
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Originally posted by JOES66FURY View Post
Sounds like something my significant other would say. She wants something, I make something, she always...and I mean always has a "constructive criticism" or a "why didn't you"/ I finally told her if she wants anything made you know where the tools are. I swear it's almost as if she said anything positive she'd melt like the wicked witch.....I love her but, man, some days you just wanna poke her in the eye with a sharp stick....
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Today I again got to prove the old cabinet maker's adage "You can't have too many clamps". I knew I was minimally equipped but I did get it together and the glue is drying - I'll paint it tomorrow once everything is stable. This is the shelf for above the stove side upper cabinets. That space will act as a display area for some pretty glassware and other things ME likes to display.
This shelf is 10'+ long and Lowe's doesn't have 1/2" plywood long enough to make this in one piece so I joined 2ea 11" wide rips at the ends (all joints are made with biscuits) then I edged it with a low edge so the shelf would stiffen and anything displayed would be unlikely to slide off, again biscuited on.
EDIT: I'll need to clean up before I paint!
Here's pretty much all my clamps in use:
DanLast edited by DanStokes; February 7, 2021, 03:19 PM.
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Originally posted by JOES66FURY View Post
Sounds like something my significant other would say. She wants something, I make something, she always...and I mean always has a "constructive criticism" or a "why didn't you"/ I finally told her if she wants anything made you know where the tools are. I swear it's almost as if she said anything positive she'd melt like the wicked witch.....I love her but, man, some days you just wanna poke her in the eye with a sharp stick.......when you got a fast car, you think you've got everything.
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Originally posted by DanStokes View PostToday I again got to prove the old cabinet maker's adage "You can't have too many clamps". I knew I was minimally equipped but I did get it together and the glue is drying - I'll paint it tomorrow once everything is stable.
Dan
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I almost never trade at Walmart - don't like their business practices. Occasionally I have no choice. I do HF from time to time and I notice that their stuff is getting better. I have a couple of their C-clamps which are acceptable.
Two of my parallel clamps are Jorgensen and MAN are they nicer to use than my 2 cheap-os (Great Neck IIRC). The bar clamps are Pony and they're nice too although one of the hand adjusters fell apart. If I was smarter I'd fix it but it still works and I never think about it 'till I need it.
When I hit the Lottery.........
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Originally posted by DanStokes View PostI almost never trade at Walmart - don't like their business practices. Occasionally I have no choice. I do HF from time to time and I notice that their stuff is getting better. I have a couple of their C-clamps which are acceptable.
Two of my parallel clamps are Jorgensen and MAN are they nicer to use than my 2 cheap-os (Great Neck IIRC). The bar clamps are Pony and they're nice too although one of the hand adjusters fell apart. If I was smarter I'd fix it but it still works and I never think about it 'till I need it.
When I hit the Lottery.........
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Did some installing today. The shelf is up, secured, and loaded with ME's pretty glassware. She's feeling crappy today following her second Covid shot (that happens to some folks) so I installed the glassware - I won't be surprised if she rearranges it when she's feeling better thought she says she likes it as is.
I also installed the toe kick but even I'm hard-pressed to see it though it does smooth things out in that area.
Last edited by DanStokes; February 9, 2021, 06:15 PM.
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Updates as promised:
A team came in and lickety-split here's the new counter tops in quartz. I think these ones look super stone-like and we're pleased. Not sure how well it shows in the pics but there's quite a bit of brown in the material and the old, transplanted sink seems to fit right in. It's just sitting in the hole for now. While I'd usually do the plumbing we'll have to find a plumber as I recover from the operation (see other post). Now we just have to wait for the floors which arrive next Tuesday.
Sliders under the stove get tucked in once the floors are installed.
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Originally posted by JOES66FURY View PostUgh, I need to do the same thing in my kitchen...I dont want to...but I need to...
Speaking of which, the sink is now replumbed and ready to go. I cant tell you how weird it feels to have hired a plumber but we didn't want to go a month w/o sink while I heal up.
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