Winter time... short days, long nights and a cold shop. There were a couple days when we got back from our LA trip that I refused to work in the shop. When it drops below 40° F in the shop it is just too cold. My shop has no heat source and this time of year the sun is behind a long row of cypress trees from about 11:00 to 3:00.
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| Amazing architecture down at USC, where winter temps were in the 70's. |
I built a window jamb with some reclaimed fir and a repurposed redwood sill that my client found at a salvage yard. It will house a fixed insulated unit of glass and the surrounding wall will get shingled.
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| Window Jamb |
I started on one of the doors I have to build. This one is made with curly redwood that was milled from a wharf on Humboldt Bay. The mortise and tenon joinery is done and I am setting that project aside for now until I get the redwood panels.
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| Curly Redwood Door |
I still have the French doors to make, but I also have an anxious wife that wants to see some progress on our kitchen that I started last July and put on the back burner in August. It is taking up a corner of the shop so I would love to get it built and installed.
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Another house project that is taking up shop space is four closet doors. I can't remember when I built those but the frames are leaning by my dust collector and the panels are stacked on the floor between the thickness sander and shaper. Not much left to do on those except dado for the panels and make the molding that matches the houses existing doors. I had a shaper cutter ground to match but haven't used it yet. Sometimes it is the smallest thing that will prevent us from moving on and finishing what was started.
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