My first free weekend in months and the plan was to do do some holiday turnings. However, upon arriving home Friday evening, I discovered my mailbox busted to pieces laying on its side along-side my driveway. Apparently, the waste disposal driver decided my 19 year-old mailbox needed refreshing. So, I did get some woodworking in today, just not what I intended; and, of course, it had to be done on our first windy and chilly fall day so far this year.
And as those of you who live in an HOA controlled community know - that darn mailbox has to be the same design and specifications as laid out in the HOA CC&R's and don't forget that special shade of off-white paint and the 4-1/2" tall brass numbers on both sides of the paper-chute below the mailbox. Of course, you must match the design of all the other 287 other mailboxes in the community, with those three vertical grooves routed into the side panels nailed the 4x4 pressure-treated post.
But the real treat is trying to find those darn numbers in that forgotten style that no one can tell you the name of because they forgot to record the style name in the CC&R's and finally, after a 2 hour internet search you finally finds them. Those numbers cost more than any exotic wood that I can think of - $23.59 per number multiplied by 2. Yep, on each side of the mailbox. It cost more for those darn numbers than it did for the lumber, paint, nails and my labor.
Hopefully, I will have some time tomorrow to get some turning in. How was your Saturday?
And as those of you who live in an HOA controlled community know - that darn mailbox has to be the same design and specifications as laid out in the HOA CC&R's and don't forget that special shade of off-white paint and the 4-1/2" tall brass numbers on both sides of the paper-chute below the mailbox. Of course, you must match the design of all the other 287 other mailboxes in the community, with those three vertical grooves routed into the side panels nailed the 4x4 pressure-treated post.
But the real treat is trying to find those darn numbers in that forgotten style that no one can tell you the name of because they forgot to record the style name in the CC&R's and finally, after a 2 hour internet search you finally finds them. Those numbers cost more than any exotic wood that I can think of - $23.59 per number multiplied by 2. Yep, on each side of the mailbox. It cost more for those darn numbers than it did for the lumber, paint, nails and my labor.
Hopefully, I will have some time tomorrow to get some turning in. How was your Saturday?