4.28.2020

This morning, Jim did a light sanding on the bedroom door...

Then he continued working on the millwork for the next cabinet side pieces - cutting in the tenons on the rails.  First he used the jointer...

Then he got to try out his new tool.  With birthday money from my mom (thanks, Mom!), he bought a shoulder plane.  This plane allows him to shave off very thin layers so that he can get each tenon joint to fit precisely...

Trying them out...

The millwork is all done on all four sections!

Next, Jim cleared off his workbench and covered everything with plastic to get ready to paint the bedroom door!

All done and drying...

Since we couldn't stir up any dust in the shop and it was a gorgeous day, we decided to head outside to do some more chipping.  Jim has to do some maneuvering to get the chipper out...

Fill it with gas...

And then jump the battery with the 4Runner...

But finally, we are ready to chip, working on the edges of the woods...

We were going along great - Jim had remarked how well the chipper was running.  Then it stopped.  So discouraging - Jim was already thinking of what could possibly be wrong and how much time he was going to have to devote to fixing it right when we need it.  But look how gorgeous it looks now - we only had two piles left to finish up in this area.

When Jim moved the chipper down to the pole barn, he started looking at a few things.  The air filter was clogged with leaf particles so he took that out and used the air compressor to blow it off.  We were anxious to see if it would start so Jim had to bring the 4Runner out and jump the battery again.  But it started and seemed to run well so we are optimistic that he found the issue and it will continue to work well.  However, it was getting late so Jim put all the equipment away and called it a day.

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