Sorry, my sickness is still impacting my productivity and probably the quality of what I am putting out. It has been some time since I posted a project update.

I have made quite a bit of progress, all of the rough lumber has been milled. I am in the midst of fixing some mistakes before moving forward, like I mis-measured the refrigerator and it doesn’t fit in the cabinet I built. I didn’t realize that there was a hinge that caused the overall height to be greater than what I had measured. Normally, I would have built more tolerance into my work, but cabinets are specific (working) heights and I am pushing the threshold of maximum height already.

I already know about measure twice and cut once. So, my lesson today is when sizing something specific, look very closely at all angles to make sure that your measurements are adequate. Another note worth sharing is that mistakes can be very costly, in time. I am tearing apart the fridge cabinet, plugging the holes, relocating the shelf, re-assembling the cabinet, refinishing and leveling again.

I have also experienced some other tool failures recently. My 16ga brad nailer is not consistently returning the hammer back to the proper position. I took it apart and found that there is a plastic piece that has disintegrated. I am going to create a video repairing that next week. My planer is filling up with chips causing me to have to stop and clean it out every twenty minutes. What I know now is that that a few years ago, the planer broke off a knot and tried to push it through the chip blower. That in turn busted the fan housing and now chips are blowing into the planer causing the height mechanism to clog up. I will probably make a video about that too.

Have a great weekend everybody.