The floor joist brackets want to stay too far open for my taste. So I made a jig to hold it closed using a peice of scrap 2×4. The jig is just two screws set so that the stringers are held closed against the 2×4. I also added a centerline mark on the 2×4 so …
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Putting the bedframe together.
Last night, Matt and Jessica came over for dinner (we all went out) and to play cards & Cranium. While they where deciding what they wanted to do, I started to screw the bed frame together. Matt had to help me as the one short end board had started to twist already. I put 3 screws …
The Rain
I thought these clouds where pretty cool. How nice and dark they where. This is going home from work. Notice how bright and sunny it is where I am at. See the palm tree shadow on the road? 2 minutes and 13 seconds later (from the timestamp on the photograph file) I can’t see out …
Stymied by the rain.
Sunday I went to Lowes and picked up some 2x4s, 2x6s, 1x12s, and a box of floorjoist hangers and other overpriced metal connectors. I spent a lot more then I needed to if I was just to screw this thing together, but I want it so it can be disassembled fairly easily (trying to back …
The best laid plans of Mice and Men
Ok, I am sleeping in the living room right now. I figure after a year and a half of living in a bedroom, I can sleep in the living room for a month, right? My queen sized bed is in storage in Wisconsin. I bought a really nice Coleman queen sized air mattress for the time …