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Oct. 28th, 2007 06:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
revchrisYesterday I took the truck apart enough to replace all the illuminator lamps in the instrument cluster in the dash. This was the second try - the first time, I didn't know it was going to require a pair of retaining wall blocks to make the whole process work. 45 minutes of work, and now, for the first time since we bought the truck, you can see all of the gauges at night.
I also finished the handle I was making for one of the big lathe gauges and started a maple bowl. It took about an hour to rough out the bowl and another hour to microwave dry the wood. I need to sharpen my lathe tools as this will not only speed things up it will let them cut more cleanly. The rest of the day was spent cleaning up the bench in the garage and doing some housework, but mostly reading or playing games on the computer.
Today we slept in, and didn't really start anything until after noon. I finished the bowl, except that I'm going to take it to work and see if I can chuck it up in the lathe there to finish the bottom - it ovalled and warped during drying (this is normal), but I don't have a chuck on the home lathe, so re-flattening the bottom is complicated (I should have squared off the top, glued on a scrap block, and done the bottom before I finished the top, but I didn't).
Then I cut the parts to finally put the door frame back in the computer lab, and it's currently in the basement for stain & varnish, but it might require a trip to Menards for wood conditioner as the stain we're using isn't going on evenly.
I also finished the handle I was making for one of the big lathe gauges and started a maple bowl. It took about an hour to rough out the bowl and another hour to microwave dry the wood. I need to sharpen my lathe tools as this will not only speed things up it will let them cut more cleanly. The rest of the day was spent cleaning up the bench in the garage and doing some housework, but mostly reading or playing games on the computer.
Today we slept in, and didn't really start anything until after noon. I finished the bowl, except that I'm going to take it to work and see if I can chuck it up in the lathe there to finish the bottom - it ovalled and warped during drying (this is normal), but I don't have a chuck on the home lathe, so re-flattening the bottom is complicated (I should have squared off the top, glued on a scrap block, and done the bottom before I finished the top, but I didn't).
Then I cut the parts to finally put the door frame back in the computer lab, and it's currently in the basement for stain & varnish, but it might require a trip to Menards for wood conditioner as the stain we're using isn't going on evenly.
