Day 151

Off to estate and garage sales in the morning. The first one was a bust, but at the second I got a couple of small workmates for $30. That's less than half price. I'll used one of them as a base for the miter saw.

I also stopped by Lowes to get handles for the workmate and a router bit. The bit wasn't cheap - $14. I also got an extra piece of wood in case I fuck up with the router.

I took the dog to the park and she did 7 retrieves before she went out and refused to bring the bumper back. I was not happy.

I also stopped and bought myself a birthday cake. It's got a statue of a fly fisherman standing in a stream with three plastic fish. I bought it because it was on sale, it would be better for Dan. Or maybe Ellen - the fisherman has the line tangled up all around his shoulders.

When I got home I decided to continue with the file cabinet fix. I should have just sat on my ass.

I began by putting the handles on the workmate. The handles are cheap Chinese junk and their set screws stripped out. I ended up drilling holes through the shafts and bolting them on. The whole process was a serious pain in the ass.

Then I carefully measured the router bit positioning and routed the piece I worked on yesterday. It fucked up. The groove was off center. I'm not sure why, but it serves me right for not using a piece of scrap first.

So then I got the extra piece of wood and attempted to cut it. I was very careful, using a straight edge for a fence. Setting that up and getting the laser aligned (it's been off for quite a while) was a significant effort. When I started the cut, everything went to hell. The goddamned base of the saw slipped and I ended up with a nasty mitered cut. Scratch $5 worth of wood.

I was pissed, so I took the saw base apart and tightened the miter adjustment as much as I could. Then I had to quit until I get another piece of wood.

Surfing and reading for the rest of the day. There's nothing much that can go wrong with that.