Back in the shop after surgery

[Keye]

Well, I am finally back in the shop after C5/C6 surgery.

Since I am on a roll with dumb shop items I thought I would pass this along.

Before being locked out of the shop back at the end of July I was working on two large vanities for the master bath. These are free standing vanities made from hardwood. I had just finished gluing up a number of large panels. I decided to just leave them in the clamps thinking this would be a good way to keep them flat. Think it would have worked except for one thing. In Aug. the humidity is high and in Dec. the humidity is low. I decided to move them out of the way this morning. They are in Bessey clamps sitting up. When I picked the first panel up it fell out of the clamps. They were all this way. Shrinkage got me.

The good news is they are all over sized by a bunch and still need to be planned to final thickness. Will have to do some ripping and re-gluing but at least I do not have to start all the way over.

Just thought this might help someone else in the future.

 

[Mark Fogleman]

Glad to hear you're back in the saddle...er shop! (I'm sure the saddle will come later)

 

[KC7CN]

Well, I am finally back in the shop after C5/C6 surgery...

I don't know what kind of surgery you're talking about, but I can relate to getting back in the shop after surgery. I had open heart a little over two months ago. Even though the shop was off limits I also lost my enthusiasm! Thankfully, it's coming back to now; I actually fired up the planner today, and started another project :eusa_danc.

Thanks for sharing your experience with long term clamp ups - hope you don't have to do that again.

-Don

 

[ScottM]

Keye, great to see you back at it. I know you made it oversized just for that reason.

 

[cpowell]

Congrats on getting back in the shop. :icon_thum

Shrinkage is a fact of life. Thankfully we can split the difference between winter and summer when planning for seasonal movement.


Chuck

 

[TracyP]

Welcome back, to the shop. Glad you are able to get back in the shop.

 

[Canuck]

It's great to see ya back in the shop, Keye!!!:eusa_danc:eusa_danc:eusa_danc

But! Please take it easy. When I initially started reading your post and got into heavy stuff and lifting, I thought that you were going to tell us about a relapse!

Take a little bit at a time and have fun!

Wayne