Its a wrap, carousel, doors soon.

Autumn has definitely set in and the rains have ceased for the time being. The ground and all that grows above it are almost always wet and the night temperatures are dipping into the low forties and daytime highs in the mid sixties.

It feels good to be wrapping up projects and moving on to new ones. The window sash repair went smoothly and now are installed back to their home. These double hung windows have a severe flaw. Instead of weights and pulleys, the sashes are connected on one side to a cable that is connected to a spring mechanisms inside the jamb. The flaw is the connection of cable to sash. On all sashes the wood had rotted severely at this connection point on the bottom of the left stile.

Repaired Sashes

The lazy Susan turned out flat and parallel, the router sled jig worked great. My only complaint is that I did it on the floor on my knees because I didn't have a large enough flat surface at bench height. My knees and feet hurt after being in the same position for too long. One thing that helped with comfort was pushing the router shavings into a pile under my knees. It turns out that the big selling point (besides the amazing patterns of the maple burl) with this choice of wood was that this particular tree was the same tree the clients son sat and played under (and in) while waiting for the bus as a child. This will be a gift for the aforementioned child who is now in his forties.

Maple Burl

One of my clients brought back a wooden carousel for (I think) the third time for repairs. This two level carousel has a crank that one turns that spins two discs. The larger and lower disc contains wooden figures riding wooden horses. The top smaller disc contains three musicians sitting on stools playing instruments. This particular client has always pushed me beyond what I thought I was capable of. My first commissioned kitchen was for her and I have done many more projects for her home in Big Lagoon, a door is on the list.

Wooden Carousel

I have four doors to build now. They are actually two sets of French doors. One set is for the Cockburn estate to replace two funky old doors that are rotting away and falling apart. The other two are for the Yellow Gothic Farmhouse. These will be two feet by eight feet, unusual proportions, they should look unique. They will divide the kitchen from the music room. Speaking of which I need to get down there and shellac the floor.

Doors to replace and awning to build.