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Home improvement!
Feb. 10th, 2013 07:43 pmOr something.
Today I bought a saw. And wood glue. And planks. And set out to make a small removable extension to the top of my standing bookcases.
Note, dear friends. I had never used a saw before. Or wood glue. So this was something of an experiment in Mad Science, and as a consequence I don't have pictures of stage one (learning to saw; discovering that the planks come out not quite as even as I'd like) or stage two (applying wood glue to wood without sticking it all over the floor; bracing the supports to allow the glue to set).
I do have a picture of stage three of prototype one: almost complete (bar dry glue):
Uneven wobbliness aside, I think it'll work.
And I have learned lessons to apply to the construction of prototype two.
Today I bought a saw. And wood glue. And planks. And set out to make a small removable extension to the top of my standing bookcases.
Note, dear friends. I had never used a saw before. Or wood glue. So this was something of an experiment in Mad Science, and as a consequence I don't have pictures of stage one (learning to saw; discovering that the planks come out not quite as even as I'd like) or stage two (applying wood glue to wood without sticking it all over the floor; bracing the supports to allow the glue to set).
I do have a picture of stage three of prototype one: almost complete (bar dry glue):
Uneven wobbliness aside, I think it'll work.
And I have learned lessons to apply to the construction of prototype two.
