I have been swamped with work and travel for the last couple of months, so my shop time has been very limited. I have mostly been puttering around with my workbench, getting the last bits and bobbles done before calling it done and I have spent the off hour here and there on the lathe and doing stuff around the house:

1. I had to fix a dishwasher leak and do some painting in the kitchen – still hate plumbing
2. We did some re-arranging, so I had to fill some nail holes and then make new ones.
3. Glued a cutting board back together after it split – craptastic glue didn’t hold, so it is back in the to-fix pile and will get some dowels this time
4. Made a pot lid handle out of some scrap cherry.
5. Tackled the jungle that was once my yard – twice
6. Sharpened the lawnmower blade
7. Turned the compost
8. I bought a sheet of plywood and built a DVD shelf and a 8′ bookshelf for the lending library we run.
9. There was been an oak log in my shop for months so I cut it in half and made a couple of stools for my office.
10. Our puppies play a game called “run away from Mommy” when she takes them out, so I built two small fences to keep them in the back yard and away from the front gate.

I have do a few things in the shop just for organization and am working on a couple of little projects:

1. We got a huge free wardrobe that I put in the GROP to organize non-tool/shop related items like climbing gear and life jackets
2. My battery operated tools need a home, so I put together an organization center for them that mounts on the French cleat board
3. I hung up my 6 heavy panel clamps to get them out of the way
4. Made a Lathe chuck and tail-stock tool organizer for the French cleat organizer
5. With a bonus from my J-O-B, I bought a few more molding planes, but they arrived in sad shape. I spent 6+ hours one Saturday cleaning, sharpening and fixing them.
6. Started work on a blanket chest rebuild: cut here, snip there, new runners and new feet. Will get new milk paint finish when complete.
7. Working on a copyist lectern rebuild. I made the base, pillar and other bits from some scrap beech left over from the bench build.
8. Built a wooded top for the puppy Kennel so it blends better with the furniture in the Living Room.
9. Putting together a 6-board chest for molding plane storage.  Will get re-purposed forged hardware and a Barn Red milk paint finish.