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unicornduke) wrote2023-12-31 05:50 pm
unicornduke) wrote2023-12-31 05:50 pm
I built a shelf
and some other stuff
The shelf is for my weaving cones, on the only available open wall I have other than the one directly above my bed. Conviently, it is above the tv I use while I craft, in the middle of my crafting area which consists of a double stacked shelf, a low table and my chair, plus the spinning wheels which enclose it.
My goal with this was to make something sturdy that would hold my cones and stay on the wall. It isn't a great feat of woodworking given it isn't square in any way. I still seem incapable of this despite using squares and everything. I think it's my cutting but oh well. I made it slightly taller than it needed to be, but I think that's okay since it fits well in the space. It is a 2x4 that anchors it to the wall and I built the rest of the frame by ripping 2x4s into 2x2s so it wouldn't be massively heavy but still sturdy. The shelves and sides are planed 1x10s.
F came and gave me a hand to get it on the wall, I had predrilled screw holes and set the screws in the shelf so it would be easy screwing onto the wall. I'm still using up the 4 inch screws that I used last fall to stabilize the shed so I'm pretty confident in the anchoring using eight. If I ever get worried, I can sink some more into the 2x2s as well. But in general if you mount things on a log home, you're supposed to avoid anchoring into two different logs in a way that might prevent the logs from moving. It's pretty secure and unless I start putting heavy weights on it, the shelf will outweigh the cones by 2 to 3 times, so it shouldn't come off the wall because of things I put on it.
I also got the warping board extenders drilled and the dowels glued in. I'll probably start warping soon.
I spent some time today baking, made hazelnuts cookies, a new cake from one of my christmas gifts (yesteryear by some guy), and vanilla ice cream. Hazelnut cookies were good as always, the cake doesn't really have a dominant flavor which is really odd, so I will make a flavored icing for it tomorrow. The ice cream is delicious but my ice cream maker has bit the bullet. The bowl, which is the thing you freeze and does the freezing and churning, doesn't really freeze the ice cream anymore. So I left it all sitting on the counter for now and whipped some air into the custard by hand and tossed it in the freezer. It should still taste good. I may need to look into better ice cream makers. I think last time, I noticed it wasn't working 100% right but let it go, so I need to go looking for a new ice cream maker at some point.
I'm spending tonight laying in bed and relaxing.
The shelf is for my weaving cones, on the only available open wall I have other than the one directly above my bed. Conviently, it is above the tv I use while I craft, in the middle of my crafting area which consists of a double stacked shelf, a low table and my chair, plus the spinning wheels which enclose it.
My goal with this was to make something sturdy that would hold my cones and stay on the wall. It isn't a great feat of woodworking given it isn't square in any way. I still seem incapable of this despite using squares and everything. I think it's my cutting but oh well. I made it slightly taller than it needed to be, but I think that's okay since it fits well in the space. It is a 2x4 that anchors it to the wall and I built the rest of the frame by ripping 2x4s into 2x2s so it wouldn't be massively heavy but still sturdy. The shelves and sides are planed 1x10s.
F came and gave me a hand to get it on the wall, I had predrilled screw holes and set the screws in the shelf so it would be easy screwing onto the wall. I'm still using up the 4 inch screws that I used last fall to stabilize the shed so I'm pretty confident in the anchoring using eight. If I ever get worried, I can sink some more into the 2x2s as well. But in general if you mount things on a log home, you're supposed to avoid anchoring into two different logs in a way that might prevent the logs from moving. It's pretty secure and unless I start putting heavy weights on it, the shelf will outweigh the cones by 2 to 3 times, so it shouldn't come off the wall because of things I put on it.
I also got the warping board extenders drilled and the dowels glued in. I'll probably start warping soon.
I spent some time today baking, made hazelnuts cookies, a new cake from one of my christmas gifts (yesteryear by some guy), and vanilla ice cream. Hazelnut cookies were good as always, the cake doesn't really have a dominant flavor which is really odd, so I will make a flavored icing for it tomorrow. The ice cream is delicious but my ice cream maker has bit the bullet. The bowl, which is the thing you freeze and does the freezing and churning, doesn't really freeze the ice cream anymore. So I left it all sitting on the counter for now and whipped some air into the custard by hand and tossed it in the freezer. It should still taste good. I may need to look into better ice cream makers. I think last time, I noticed it wasn't working 100% right but let it go, so I need to go looking for a new ice cream maker at some point.
I'm spending tonight laying in bed and relaxing.
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Nothing wooden ever stays square for long, if that's any consolation. Wood moves, sometimes because you cut it.
Hurrah for getting the thing done, having baking on hand, and the opportunities for relaxing.