What did you do today?

[Floorist]

lawn or deck furniture. Park bench, folding tables, Adirondack chair maybe. Problem is pressure treated lumber is scarce and expensive

So is regular lumber

 

[Tom Picciani]

Made the frame for a shaker style panel door. The joints are loose and I messed up enough pieces that I need to go to the lumber yard and buy 3 or 4 more 1x3's for the frames. The pieces are the right size so I can use them to set up the table saw. Also used the Kreg hidden hinge jig and drilled for the 'can' on the hinge. Worked pretty well except the pilot hole guides on it didn't match with the one heavy hinge I bought (Of course). But I checked and the 3 sets of other hinges for the cabinet doors will line up. Hair is covered in sawdust. Need shower before bed.

Almost ready for painting. Going to try something a little crazy. The cabinets and work bench will be gray. So I'm staining the workbench top black and putting 3 coats of semi oil based poly on it.

Later gang!

 

[highup]

W

I can build almost anything from wood. Any ideas what might sell?

Wooden nickels? ....shortage of coins right now. ....hey, just trying to help.

 

[Tom Picciani]

It’s 99 on the thermometer today. And for those living in desert environments this is not a dry heat!

 

[Tom Picciani]

Just bought 32 feet of clear 1x3 pine. $62!

 

[havasu]

Just bought 32 feet of clear 1x3 pine. $62!

Didn't that use to cost about $5 a stick?

 

[Tom Picciani]

Didn't that use to cost about $5 a stick?

I paid $11 at Lowe’s this weekend for a 1x8x 8 feet. But it wasn’t clear and I’m not sure it’s pine. But it will work for the drawer fronts. This stuff used to cost 1.30/ foot. Now $2/foot. But no knots. It’s for a door panel so has to be flat and straight. I needed it. I bought it.

Really sucks for people wanting to renovate. My friend in a wheelchair wanted a new deck with a ramp. He was all set and lumber yard said we can’t get the wood.

 

[highup]

Is that yellow pine, white pine or some exotic imported Asian pine that has some yin yang qualities?

 

[Floorist]

When 8' 1x12 went from $14 to $27, I quit buying lumber. I did have to buy some 2x4s for $4. each and they were crap. And one 10' treated 2x4 was almost $10.
I have had a chair cut out in my shop for weeks. Just don't have much interest in finishing it.

 

[Tom Picciani]

Is that yellow pine, white pine or some exotic imported Asian pine that has some yin yang qualities?

Lumber yard stuff is yellow pine. Lowe’s white wood is, well, white

 

[Tom Picciani]

I found out that whitewood isn’t pine. It’s tulipwood. Looks a lot like pine but half the price.

 

[Floorist]

Never heard of it. It is a very rare hardwood according to Google.

 

[Tom Picciani]

It’s very common. Look it up.

 

[Tom Picciani]

It’s a little softer than pine. Sold as whitewood. Most dimensional lumber is now made from it. You might have used it without knowing

 

[Tom Picciani]

Except for a little sanding, the cabinets are practically done. Will make plywood backs today and then look at painting on the back lawn if weather cooperates. Breaking out the Grayco sprayer from years ago.

I got a trash can full of scrap wood I need to sort through!

 

[Tom Picciani]

Had to call exterminator today for Cicada Killer Wasps. Been getting them for years. Last year I self treated with Delta Dust. Also improved the lawn so they had fewer bare spots to dig. Found them digging nests under the bottom step of my deck and along the sides of the posts. Put insecticide in the holes then covered with landscaping fabric, followed by putting bricks around the posts and under the step.

Today I got like 30 of the damn things flying around my back door! They're a real annoyance when I need to mow. Run into my chest and hit me in the head. Don't sting but it's sort of unnerving. So one more bill going out $300! Ouch! That's where the sting is!

 

[Floorist]

Could be killer hornets......

 

[Tom Picciani]

Could be killer hornets......

Wish I could attract a bird that feeds on the wasps!

 

[highup]

Could be killer hornets......

Could be killer clowns from outer space......
https://images.app.goo.gl/8eceYVTTMB6mLfqn7

 

[highup]

Never heard of those Tom.