Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 24
Just want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.
I wish everyone safe travel and hope everyone gets a chance to rest, relax, and enjoy being with family and friends today.
—–Brandon
Another Anri Dog
Another Anri Dog
Nov 19
Got another Anri Dog in for repairs.
This one had a broken handle almost identical to the break on the one I fixed a few moths ago for the Leavenworth Nutcracker museum.
You can see the one I fixed a few moths ago for the Leavenworth Nutcracker museum HERE. Very odd the breaks were so similar.
Here’s a quick picture of the current piece that came in and and the broken handle:
Here are a couple pictures of the piece all fixed:
I was very pleased with how well this piece came out.
—–Brandon
Ugh, some days…
Ugh, some days…
Nov 05
Yep, some days just don’t turn out as expected.
Still had a couple days off to burn from my day job. Had plans of getting my oil changed Friday, get the deck railing stained, and the outdoor electrical stuff fixed; but the day had other plans for me.
Started off with a dull headache, then our cat Leo made a jig saw puzzle out of one of our Halloween busts we got a few years ago from Home Goods.
Here’s Leo looking innocent.
While being petted, he accidentally knocked the pirate bust off the end table.
The wrought iron railing took the head off and the 4 foot fall to the tiled landing did the rest. It was totally an accident so I can’t blame him or be mad.
I set it all aside and went to Home Depot for electrical parts n pieces. While at Home Depot the headache started getting worse and showing signs of a migraine. Still stuck to the plan and stopped to got my oil changed, but started feeling worse.
When I got home, I stained the new deck parts real quick.
Then I fixed the broken Halloween bust.
Luckily all the pieces were accounted for and the breaks were somewhat clean. With some patience and a lot of 2 part epoxy, I was able to fix the Halloween pirate bust.
After that, I was done. The headache progressed to a full blown migraine and I was down for the count.
Not at all what I had planned for Friday, but that’s how it goes sometimes.
It’s now Saturday and I’m trying to take it easy and fully recover from the migraine.
It’ll be a few days before I get back to “normal”. Again, that’s just how it goes sometimes.
—– Brandon
The Deck
The Deck
Nov 03
Took a few days off work to take advantage of the unseasonably warm weather for November over here in Ohio and get some much needed work done around the house before the bad weather hits.
The deck railing’s bottom board split and a baluster had come out. This made the rest of them loose which left this section of railing very unsafe.
As usual, I got too eager and forgot to get a before shot of it all screwed up and in need of repair.
Here is a shot of it just after I pulled the damaged railing section off. It came off way too easily which means it was really unsafe and way over due for repair.
Here’s a quick picture of it all put back together, fixed right, and most importantly it’s rock solid and safe!
The project looked easy, but I way under estimated it and it ended up taking me all day to finish.
If the weather cooperates, I’ll get it stained to match the rest of the deck soon. If not, it will have to wait for Spring. Regardless, it’s one more item off my list.
As with any home, there are many more things that need fixed around here. Gonna be tackling them one at a time in hopes of getting most done before the holidays.