Attempting to router our a custom sized pocket freehand without using a template of guide. Guess who took that moment to sneeze – hard mid router? Yeah you guessed it me. The fit is ok, a tad wonky and oversized in places though. Wood filler and painter’s tape to the rescue – again. I hot too impatient. Should have taken the extra fifteen minutes to set it up, or shut’er down to come back to it the next day, fresh and unhurried. Idiot.
Sunday funday today. Though if I’m being honest I am social interaction’ed out. Took my kids to an indoor/outdoor party for one of their friends, and half of us were masked (which I’ll take!) And they ran and played for three hours straight, while us dad’s chatted the whole time. Then after 90 minutes of downtown my eldest had a playdate with her friend, outdoors for just shy of another two hours, where I again spent that time chatting. Whoa! I am done talking for a while. That was part of why I was rushing my project, I thought the afternoon play date was canceled due to cold awful weather, but I was wrong. So I wanted to finish strong them go. But that pressure made me rush, and we were late getting there, so not a shining moment for me.
We are back to low single digit temps that feel like they are below zero. But now with moisture and humidity in the air, which makes it feel even colder and the wind is biting at this point. Once we start to average 10- 15 degrees throughout the day I will be much happier. And can then start to tackle outdoor maintenance projects. Windows, gutters, driveway all need a good power washing. In April the patio set goes up, and kids toys come out of storage. I have a 10x10ft gazebo to build this year. Which has been stored in a box for I can’t recall how many years. Going up this year! Plus all of the tree and shrub pruning material needs to go to the farm, or get burned in our neighbours fire pits. They raid the pile for kindling because it’s so dry and old. AC unit gets uncovered, and the bikes come down out of the rafters and need to be oiled, inflated and the seats adjusted, and a good wash. The mower needs to be tended too prior to grass cutting season begins again.
So once the router plate is finished and mounted, I can turn to the two adjustable saw horses, and then the rigid metal flattening sled, and I think this current crop of jigs is just about done. I have an acrylic plate to make my palm router more stable across bigger gaps, but I hope I could knock that out in an hour or so.
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