Then a coat of polyurethane on the first side...
This looks really pretty - even though you'll never see it! It's birch wood that Jim had in his stash.
Then it was back down in the metal shop - he got the leg assembly welded...
Doing some grinding...
Jim just temporarily bolted on the leg to show me - looks so good!
Jim also used some scrap steel and made this cool arm to keep wood from falling off the rack...
This is a close up of how it will work - it can just slip on the arm of the shelf and is very secure. He made two so far and has enough scrap to make another one.
Time for the first power washing of the new concrete floor in the pole barn!
We had a few minutes at the end of the day and decided to do some metal detecting. We found probably a half dozen square nails but this was the big find of the day. And it was found about 6" underground and the metal detector showed that it was something other than iron.
It's a Civil War button! It's actually very pretty - this is the underneath and it has stamping as well as a vine pattern. Jim did some quick research and it looks like it came from the time period of 1785-1800. How crazy is that? Since our property is named Bailey Hill for General Bailey in George Washington's Army, it's pretty amazing to think that this may have come from a soldier's coat or clothing.
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