With Conductor Jr.’s health situation, spending any time at all in the shop has been next to impossible. Having some down time between chemo cycles, today I was able to fire up the saws and do something constructive for the first time in months. The place isn’t really in working shape. It’s littered with boxes awaiting their return to the attic after Christmas, but I wasn’t about to waste my day cleaning it up only fill it back up with dust.
As always, Mrs. Conductor pretty much dictates order of necessity. She’s been on my ass forever to build her a new fireplace mantel. When I redid the base and crown I did it much darker than what was in the house originally. Naturally, they don’t match. To be honest, I was never crazy about it either, but someone put some time into it and took care to use some symbology, so I could appreciate it for that reason if for no other.
I’ve never built a mantel before, and didn’t really have a specific style in mind. I pretty much just looked over the one that was there, googled for an idea, and “wung it”.
Tomorrow after the glue is good and dry, I’ll sand it and get it ready to finish, but I like it so far.