Last week I broke the first rule of carpentry, which is measure twice, cut once. I measured once and cut twice. I bought a very nice piece of wood for another project, and cut it way too short. So then I bought another really nice piece of wood and cut it just right. Which left me with an expensive piece of oak sitting around. Hmm.
A few days later Brady was bored out of his mind so I promised him that on Friday we would use that extra wood to make a new little playfort for his action figures. He was more than a little excited. Every day this past week he reminded me of my promise. Then on Friday morning he held me to it. We went to Home Depot and got a few screws and borrowed Poppy's drill and we were ready to go.
Now, I'm not even a novice level carpenter. Plus, my assortment of tools is less than adequate. However, carpentry is in my blood so I tried to channel my Grandpa's skills. After a little frustration, a few choice words, and some good old fashioned force of will, we got the job done. Halfway anyway. After lunch we are going to a craft store to buy some stuff to decorate the inside and outside all "adventure" like. They'll play with it for about twenty minutes and then forget it exists for a few months. Probably. But hey, when you make a promise you keep it. I hope Brady learned that little lesson if nothing else. God knows he learned very little about carpentry.
4 comments:
A real man would have used biscuits joints, used a router on the corners, and worn a flannel shirt.
Did you at least get saw dust in your beard?
A biscuit joint? Sounds delicious. For the corners I used a handy dandy belt sander leftover from my knife making days. No flannel, but I was wearing the B for the C shirt. And yes, saw dust did accumulate in my beard, Al Borland style.
You and Al Borland need to watch Norm Abrams to learn more about biscuit joints and America Heroes. http://www.newyankee.com/index.php
Norm Abram is one of my all time favorites. However, you know me better than to think I would follow someone else's directions when I am trying to make a jackass masterpiece. Come on dude.
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