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Project Cheops 2023-3

Roughly, I suppose, is completed. This one was "The Table".  Back when Covid began, and we all started working from home, I started on the dining room table, with terrible seating arrangements, chairs, and the like.  When we completed moving my wife's office equipment upstairs, I repurposed my "big desk".   Said big desk took initial design back in about 1991 when we moved into a two-bedroom apartment up on top of Buck Hill, then known as "The Observatory".  Our unit had a gorgeous view eastward, which meant a sunrise every morning.  Some were better than others, mostly because, well, I really wanted to be able to sleep late.  But when it became rather clear that we were not going to remain the sole occupants of our two-bedroom apartment, and I really rather desperately needed a personal computer of my own, I managed to talk my wife into that desk.  It was built primarily out of 2x4 lumber and plywood.  I measured a PC case, my forearms, and ...

Bumbling Along...

Well, as the old site established, She Who Must Be Obeyed and I were quite busy this weekend.  We got to see the youngest and his wife this weekend, she needed her car cleaned up as her father is coming to town this week to visit his dad.  He should feel right at home, we're hot and muggy, just like Florida, this time of year.  It is what it is, I guess. I like winter, so I'll never be someone moving to the southern climate.  Not for me, thanks.  Aside from the weather, I'm definitely not a fan of snakes.  Hate the things.  I know they serve a purpose of sorts, but I'll just stay the heck out of their territory altogether.  Seems like a fair deal. And for the bigish news, I'm done making most of the sub-assemblies for my new work table, mostly made from a door.  Way back about fifty years or so my mom and dad had subscribed to one of those book series that was all about crafts made with ... well, things.  One thing that stuck with me for...