What Manly Things Did You Do Today?

Got to use my chainsaw I bought 3 or 4 years ago for the first time. One of our several birch trees blew over in a windstorm Wednesday morning and got wedged into a tree about 25 feet away at a steep angle. I worked my way along the trunk until unfortunately 20 feet was left dangling from the tree it was wedged in. Fortunately my neighbor, who has a lot of tree experience, came over with his extension ladder and chainsaw and cut it out for me. We then took a break while we let his teenage son cut a bunch of it up with their chainsaw while he gave both of us tips on chainsaw use. Probably more of a manly day for my neighbor but I learned quite a bit.
We'll be calling a tree service for 2 other trees that don't look like they're gong to stay upright in the next storm. I don't want to push my luck.


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I put some felt feet on my DIY humidor. Decided against coating it with polycrillic. Gonna hit the cigar store later and try to pry some empty cedar cigar boxes off the guy.

 

I made a outdoor table out of a pallet and scrap wood.

 

I started out this morning up a ladder cutting some last minute, low hanging oak branches away from my father's house.
I'm not sure chainsaw equals manliness, but i didn't want my 74yo father doing it with the storm of century on the way.

 

Wow... really nice work! I would totally buy something like that.

But, um .. shouldn't those slip covers be on the chair instead of on you?

 

Anything involving power tools is manly.

 

I'm sure you realize, but be sure that the stain and/or varnish has completely "off gassed" before you use this box for storage. No need to get your stogies tasting like solvent.

 

Yup. Tonight I'm gonna open her up and leave her open until I get some cedar. Then I'm gonna leave her open again after I glue in the cedar.
Gives me plenty of time to test drive more sticks!

 

Looks nice. Did the 60's puke on your shorts?

 

I knew I should have mentioned that my wife took the pic. My legs aren't nearly that nice

 

I've never needed to completely strip seasoning off, but I have had to repair two 8" vintage skillets (from my mother, and from Wife's grandmother IIRC, after my then teenage daughter put them through a dishwasher cycle. Oh my gosh, that took some work. Rust removal and starting all over with seasoning. They've restored nicely. My wife cooked some cornbread today for lunch, and it just slid right out of the skillet!

 

Nice job! My son recently made a wine cabinet for his girl friend, using pallet wood. Pulling the slats can be a chore. I love the different colors in your table.

 

Thank you!

 

I was going to comment on the shade of toenail polish but then decided to refrain, because you never know.

 

This is a safe space. We don't judge here.

Coloring book?

 

So was I

 

Yeah, I had him pegged for more of a "Bordeaux Lust" than whatever shade that is.

 

My Mother in law was at my house watching the kids once when I was out of town. She got hold of my grandmothers cornbread skillet, cooked eggs in it then put it in the dishwasher. I nearly fainted. I cooked cornbread in it and had to chisel it out it stuck so bad. The outside of the pan had a fairly crusty layer so I decided since I was going to have to do some work I would just start completely from scratch. I took the racks out of my oven and put a fire brick on its end on the bottom where it wasn't touching the element, put the pan on top of the brick and ran the self cleaning cycle. When everything cooled off the skillet was down to bare metal and smooth as glass. I rinsed it, dried it and applied about 5 layers of Crisbee. I made some cheesy jalapeño cornbread and it nearly jumped out of the skillet.

 

Oh man, I would cry.

Glad it worked out okay.

 

Went to the cigar store and was able to get a couple of boxes...

Only thing is, I think they're plywood not cedar. I'm gonna start taking them apart tomorrow.