After spending the greater part of this nice mild winter working on my chairs and tables, and moving them as well as the ugly (in my mind) tables for my kids out of the shop, I was possessed with the urge to clean up a bit.
It's what, three weeks to spring (vernal equinox)? The days are getting warmer, and I rode the bike yesterday and today. A bit cool, even in the leather.
For the last week, I've swept, vacuumed, moved things around, put everything back in its place, waxed all the surfaces, dust ragged everything that wasn't waxed, moved everything off the countertop surfaces, washed them, sorted out the drill bits, charged the batteries, emptied the shop-vac, cleaned the filter, lined up all my short scraps in order of width and length. I even cleaned under the assembly and outfeed tables.
I found things I had lost, found things I didn't remember I bought, found things I have no idea why they're in my possession, and found things I don't even know what they're for.
I brushed sawdust off the walls. I cleaned the windows. I emptied both trash cans and began to fill up a kindling bag for my wood-stove-using pal. I cleaned the dust and chips out of the Makita impact driver case (did that while the batteries charged). I used a magnet to get all the panel nails out of there, also, and put them in a glue cup in case I ever need to install ugly 1970s panelling again.
I actually threw away some things I've had fifty years and still haven't needed (well, there's always next week).
Now, when I go out there, I can't bring myself to do anything that would make a mess. I can't joint. I can't saw. I can't plane. I can't drill. I can't sand. It would make a huge mess.
I did glue together two scraps of MDF with some leftover Liquid Nails LN933 (for marble, left over from the table project), and they set up a bond rather nicely after 24 hours.
Does this pass? Is this the beginning of OCD?
For what it's worth, I DID NOT clean out the sawdust in the PM66. I don't know how long that will last, but at least, for the time being, I've not gone completely overboard.
I'm not sure if I was nice or not, so here: :rotflm:
It's what, three weeks to spring (vernal equinox)? The days are getting warmer, and I rode the bike yesterday and today. A bit cool, even in the leather.
For the last week, I've swept, vacuumed, moved things around, put everything back in its place, waxed all the surfaces, dust ragged everything that wasn't waxed, moved everything off the countertop surfaces, washed them, sorted out the drill bits, charged the batteries, emptied the shop-vac, cleaned the filter, lined up all my short scraps in order of width and length. I even cleaned under the assembly and outfeed tables.
I found things I had lost, found things I didn't remember I bought, found things I have no idea why they're in my possession, and found things I don't even know what they're for.
I brushed sawdust off the walls. I cleaned the windows. I emptied both trash cans and began to fill up a kindling bag for my wood-stove-using pal. I cleaned the dust and chips out of the Makita impact driver case (did that while the batteries charged). I used a magnet to get all the panel nails out of there, also, and put them in a glue cup in case I ever need to install ugly 1970s panelling again.
I actually threw away some things I've had fifty years and still haven't needed (well, there's always next week).
Now, when I go out there, I can't bring myself to do anything that would make a mess. I can't joint. I can't saw. I can't plane. I can't drill. I can't sand. It would make a huge mess.
I did glue together two scraps of MDF with some leftover Liquid Nails LN933 (for marble, left over from the table project), and they set up a bond rather nicely after 24 hours.
Does this pass? Is this the beginning of OCD?
For what it's worth, I DID NOT clean out the sawdust in the PM66. I don't know how long that will last, but at least, for the time being, I've not gone completely overboard.
I'm not sure if I was nice or not, so here: :rotflm:
