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Brian Bilbrey December 27, 2015

27 Dec 2015

Another busy weekend gone by. I was doing some clean up in the shop, and came across a stack of 2x2 acoustic tile matching the small section of drop ceiling in the basement kitchen. Wonderful - I have a few of those that need replacing. A couple of them had holes in them, not hard to replace. Another one, though, was severely bowed by the HVAC vent attached to a floating, insulated feeder. The additional weight had bent the tile nearly an inch out of true. Were I to just replace it, the tile would be good for a year…

Brian Bilbrey April 29, 2015

Knife work

New walnut knife handle Another kitchen knife with a broken plastic handle retrieved from the edge of disaster and made real purty with some walnut, and brass screw rivets. Turns out the hardest part of this project was finding where I'd hidden put in a safe place the brass rivets. Once all of the assembly and sanding was done, I soaked the handle in butcher block oil for 15 minutes or so, then wiped off the excess and let it rest for a couple of days. I'm pleased with the outcome. This fillet knife is one of my favorite kitchen…

Brian Bilbrey March 22, 2015

Spring Snows

Yep. On the day that encompassed the Spring Equinox, we had an inch of snow. Lovely, really. More to the point, it never really shifted over to warmer rain and melt away before Spring proper. So, Winter, still, then. Lovely. A couple of school districts closed, several were delayed by a couple of hours (until the snow started falling ... odd, that), but other than that, nothing too exciting. My week was full of working each day on things that I hadn't planned on doing. Like most weeks, really. The weekend, though, went exactly as planned. Several hours of remote…

Brian Bilbrey March 16, 2015

Making Do...

Sewing room, reassembling I'm still recovering from a weekend of painting and remote work ... but Marcia's sewing room is coming back together. Saturday I did the walls and bulkheads, cutting in by hand then rolling out the flats. Sunday, after several hours of remote work, I crawled about on the floor, painting the trim. Sunday evening, I moved some of the cabinets in, and started moving in tables and equipment. Marcia's happy, I think. Me? I'm just tired. Sorry for missing last night. * * * Three months with no casualties reported by DoD. Huzzah! Ciao!

Brian Bilbrey March 1, 2015

Ice

The weather liar says this is the first day of meteorological Spring. The weather itself says, "ICE!" They've been treating the roads and such, but there's an eighth to a quarter inch of ice on lots of the rest of our area. Trees are deeply unhappy, with branches coming off due to weight. Lovely, really. And such a pleasure when taking the dog for a walk. Today: Patching systems remotely for work, weekly food shopping, roasted coffee: I generally roast early enough that the beans have enough time to rest for at least three days (and outgas most of the…