I think I originally intended this to be a collection of my thoughts and projects over time, but after the three entries in 2009 I guess life got in the way. Now, there's my other blog, "Liver Worst" which is discussing a different part of my life - being a caregiver for my wife, who is now a candidate for a liver transplant.
I've started a lot of projects over the past few years, which haven't been completed. Usually, I get really excited about something, go and gather a bunch of materials, and then run up against a speed bump. Direction changes. Other things get more attention. Eventually, I forget about the project that had me so excited earlier.
For a while I was going up to Asheville-Buncombe Community College and working in the woodworking shop. I built a work table for Linda, an "air engine", and started several other projects - a sofa table and a bookshelf. Those two are still in my workshop waiting completion.
I have a really nice small table that I made at the John C. Campbell Folk School. It's almost finished - just needs to have the top secured, a knob added to the drawer, and a finish applied.
I also started two different computer numerical controlled router projects at AB Tech. They both got just so far and then set aside for something else. The tables are completed, one has all the shafting and stepper motors installed, and much of the electronics has been completed.
I don't even know how many electronics projects I've started and haven't finished. Antennas. Electronic things to do stuff in my Ham "shack." Microcomputer experiments. I can hardly move in the ham shack for all the boxes of projects. The ham shack itself needs an overhaul - new operating position, new wiring, equipment rearrangement and upgrading.
Two years ago I had a workshop built next to our house. It's beautiful. It is completely insulated and has a heating/air conditioning system. But the insulation is exposed and needs to be covered. I decided I could do that myself. Bought a bunch of wallboard, and proceded to put it up. It didn't take me very long to realize that it was more work than I could handle by myself. So the job is about 1/3 finished. Until I get it done, I can't hang my tools on the walls. So everything remains in boxes on temporary shelves. Tasks always take longer because I have to hunt for this tool or that fixture.
