9.29.2019

Jim did some work in the wood shop this morning on window/door frames - an exciting new step.  He first had to straighten some wood and put a new cutting blade in the molder.  This is the first time Jim has used the molder since it was a casualty of moving and he had to get a bunch of new parts and rebuild it.  The first cut he is making is the relief cut on the back of the wood to allow it to fit flat against both sides of the window and the wall.

After making the first cut down both sides.

Then he had bought a speciality knife to cut the actual molding shape - Jim has to feed the wood through slowly but it makes all these cuts in one pass.  It looks beautiful!  Jim may have to get a smaller width knife of the same design for the windows to make installation with the steel frame more doable.  But this design will work perfectly on the door frames.

Jim then lightly sanded all the window frame pieces and put the final coat of polyurethane on them.

Another job on Jim's to do list before winter is to put an epoxy coating on the 2 sections of the auto bay where we park our cars.  He's already done a lot of work to get the bays cleared out but there will be more moving in our future.  However, floor prep is the next step.  Jim first had to clean out the cuts in the concrete with a sharp tool and then vacuumed.

He had bought this backer rod that he then places in the crack, pushing it down so that it is below the surface...

Then he tried a new type of self-leveling caulk made to fill in cracks in concrete - he's pleased with what he's done so far.  He already went through 2 tubes of caulk so he'll definitely have to get more.

High 63/Low 37 - nice!