Winter Projects
Kathleen has been participating in her writers group and other activities here at Fun-n-Sun RV park, our home for the Winter. You have read some of her stories and hopefully will be reading more of her work in the future.
I too, have been enjoying our stay here as this RV park has a wood working shop second to none. There is every conceivable tool, saw, sander, drill press, lath, etc. etc. More importantly my fellow wood shop companions are retired wood workers with talent and expertise that they are more than willing to share----just ask! I have had a couple of projects that I have now completed and will share through pictures what they were.
As some of you may remember from past postings I have an interest in working with "Diamond Willow" and have been making quite a few walking sticks. Some of them I have even carved "Wood Spirits" on the shaft. Some of the pieces of Diamond Willow do not lend themselves to making very good walking sticks as they may be too large in diameter or have an ugly bend or angle where they should be straight, etc. If cut correctly some of those pieces do make nice "lamp shafts".
In the following pictures you will see the very first lamp I made and now have completed. I have several more in the works and will be enjoying the rest of winter here working on them.
In addition to the above project I wanted to do something with the TV situation in our bed room. Above the washer dryer was one of those 200 lb huge TV's that take up a ton of space and space in our "Tininthewind RV" is at a premium. That old TV occupied a huge area, residing on a lazy Susan type stand that pulled out of its cubby hole and then swiveled slightly so as to be visible from one lying in bed.
I knew If I could remove all that bulk and simply mount a new "modern" slimline LCD TV on a "pocket door" overhead channel I could gain a heck of a lot of space for a new cupboard.
The following pictures should give you some idea of the space gained and what the finished project looks like. You can see on the left the pocket that the TV slides in too for storage as we travel and how it slides out when we want to watch it. To the right of it is now a huge cabinet/cupboard with the Oak facing and door that I made. You may also note that I trimmed the overhead track that the TV travels on in Oak. Amazingly the Oak stain and finish matched pretty well with the surrounding original factory Oak trim and lower lattice doors which close off the washer dryer area.
Lets see-----other than some more lamps to finish, what other projects can I come up with?
