[elky] Finally a day under 100* and water falling from the sky!!! And a pic of the face frames for the laundry room cabinets
- From: Robert Adams <elcam84@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky <elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:28:48 -0500
Well Saturday was the first day it didn't hit 100*. It was
only 88* and the low was 72*. We haven't seen 72* outside in months and
rarely inside unless you are in a refrigerator or a movie theater. The high
has been 100* or higher since the end of MAY so around 80 days straight...
The *official* numbers at DFW are always skewed from the actual numbers and
show cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter compared to everywhere
else....
It started raining early sat morning and some areas got up
to 1.5". We got about 1" which brings us up to about 2" for the year. It's
been overcast all day here for the most part and I hoped we would get
another day under 100* but as usual no... It's been 100* since about 3:00
and miserable humidity as the ground is wet... So at least we got a short
break from the heat and a little moisture. Tomorrow we are back to 104* as
usual and no change for quite a while...
So since it was nice yesterday I fired up the AC in the
shop early and got out there and did a bunch of clean up and for a change
built something for the house instead of for someone else. It was too wet
and muggy to work on the luandry room so I got the sink size etc and started
designing the cabinets for the laundry room and made the two face frames for
them.
Made them out of scrap red oak from other jobs. The tall one will
be next to the stacked washer and dryer and won't be attached too tightly in
place so it can be removed for washer and dryer maintenance. I haven't put
the cross pieces in the frame because I haven't figured out how the drawers
and doors will lay out. The lowers will be drawers and the uppers will be
doors.
The sink cabinet will also have more drawers. The outer two holes
below the small drawers will house probably two drawers each. So 3 on each
side and the middle will be doors due to the sink which is rather deep and
wide 33" wide x 12" deep. The counter top will extend about 10" off to the
left of the lower cabinet.
All will end up being painted in the laundry room. Still need
to figure out what the walls are going to be... Probably beadboard up to the
window sill then painted drywall above that to a detailed ceiling of some
sort. I know some will ask why I would paint the oak but... I had the oak
and would have to order paint grade maple so....
Anyway at least I finally had a day in the shop to do
something for me instead of a job. Course back to others stuff tomorrow. Oh
and the shop was very nice yesterday... Was mid 70s in the shop before
lunch.... Went in for lunch then came back out and it was down to 65
already. Sure does get nice and cold when it's not 100* out....
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Robert Adams
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