French Polished Top

The French polishing is almost complete. About three months with many tangets, several days days of waiting between coats. Amber and blonde shellac mix, unable to produce a sunburst effect, settled for amber streaks of a sort. This was my alternative to spraying lacquer.  I'm pleased with the outcome this far.  Still some finishing steps remain for the top for instance, polisheing with rottenstone remains. The trianglular neck holder gets in the way of finishing the upper bouts.  Next time, I'll make it straight where it extends above the surface in order to give better access to the top.

Dog House Box

On site.

Lucky the dog, intended inhabitant.

Finished with Black Cherry stain on the plywood panels and a full quart of spar varnish all over.

Mounted on rails for easy movement

The roof is completed, made from six inch cedar fence pickets.The roof is underlayed by a piece of 3/8 panel and the roof seam is caulked and covered with a piece of metal tape.  The peak of the roof is a full length cedar picket split down the middle and custom cut angle to form a nice roof angle.  This dog roof is guarenteed not to leak.

Additional fence pickets were ripped into approximately one inch strips and used to cover the screw joints of the corners and sides.  These are glued and finish nailed into place.

The basic dog house box is complete. Finishing touches from this point include adding cedar trim and stain with varnish.

Marron Bells

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Taken during my 4th of July sojourn to Aspen

Taken during my 4th of July sojourn to Aspen

My Quotes

Sometimes you get ahead by doing nothing.

(Have you ever had to redo/undo something that didn't really need doing in the first place?  Avoid busy work, make your effort count by being focused on meaningful tasks related to you most important goals.)

If the white man had never came, everything would still be the same.

(This came up while viewing a historical sign concerning the Astorians - a group of hunters that and settlers that were the first white men to journey through the Hoback River area of Wyoming)