So, today I’ve varnished the shelves (on one side). I will leave them to dry overnight, then tomorrow varnish the other side, and then it should be assembly time. Which is exciting. I’ve got a few holes to drill first (44 on the uprights and shelves, in total, then a few on the back panel (which will be glued/screwed to the shelves). I’m a bit worried about this now, I know that my shelf edges are not as square as I’d like. They’re pretty good, but I’m not sure how the whole thing will fit together. All I can do is assemble it and pray.
Anyhow, that’s for tomorrow. Nikki kindly said she’d give me a lift to B&Q this evening to get another sheet of spruce, which we’ll have to gently bend to get into her car, in exchange for some piano time (the appallingly out of tune piano is available for her playing pleasure).
That cut and varnished and drilled should be the last of the preassembly jobs.
In other news, Chester’s new leg is sort of ordered (a used parts volvo specialist is taking it off one of their parts cars tomorrow), and assuming that leg is in good condition it’s going to wing its way to us (by courier) and lo, Chester will be mobile again. We will also be the ‘proud’ owners of two dead legs which we can get new cups welded onto, should we have any further disasters. I’m hoping, though, that in the next year we’ll be leaving and it won’t be an issue.
It took a while to find a place that had one though, apparently the drift kids are using up all the spares, and our poor benighted 340 is being left high and dry. Shame, it’s a really excellent vehicle. Granted it runs on dead dinosaur, but still, as petrol cars go I’ve very little to say against it.
I’ve also cleaned up a bit, swept the lounge floor, done two loads of laundry, replaced the capacitor in the amp that I’d failed to do last time, repaired Kathryn’s iPhone (she’d knocked it off her bedside table and the power button had jammed in. Unfortunately, as it’s been apart several times before it’s now getting a bit… sloppy). I’ve also installed the iOS 5 ‘update’ for the phone (totally unsupported).
The purpose of this was to try and get it so that Kathryn could install newer apps on it. However, it seems that the update leaves the phone reporting itself as version 3.1.3, which is a bit of a shame. Still, it’s working again now, so that’s a step up on where it was yesterday :)
And that’s my day… how’s your day been?
