lost in all the excitement...

[herveus]

...was the crap that went down *before* Heather's close encounter of the semi kind.

Our microwave went on the blink. This time, it wasn't the internal fuse. The light came on. The timer timered. The magenetron didn't make those itty-bitty waves that we love.

Tonight, MJ nailed me coming in the door with "let's go see what Lowes and Home Depot have".

The end result: new, slightly larger (as in sticks out from the cabinets a bit more) and more powerful microwave...and not too much sturm und drang in the removal and installation.

The only down side was that I didn't get into the shop to get a couple dozen more wooden cards done, but that's life. I've got something like 500 cards that I need to sand and drill, in walnut, cherry, beech, and osage orange. Shiny (and colorful)!

Comments

[tpau]

oooh. i think this is the year i shell out and buy a few :) you will be at Birka?

[herveus.livejournal.com]

Yep. I have 15 osage and 19 cherry cards right now. I hope to get another couple dozen done tonight.

Woodworking question

[feymaker.livejournal.com]

I just found a set of 12 I believe I purchased from you. I may have to purchase some more at Birthday if your there and I'm not broke. I was wondering what you would suggest (being the woodworker of my friends) as a material for Jacobs Ladders. I'm planning on making a bunch of them for the Kingdoms kiddie box but I don't have power tools and I think balsa would be too light. In other words what would be a good inexpensive wood for hand sawing thin pieces of wood (like the tablets) into playing card size.

Re: Woodworking question

[herveus.livejournal.com]

We won't be at Birthday. We'll be at Ymir (on our way out to Estrella).

For Jacob's Ladders, I'd probably go with poplar. It's a bit heavier than pine, but it's still usefully soft when it comes to putting in staples or tacks to hold the ribbon down. Poplar can be bought in the right thickness and isn't too expensive. Poplar is also well suited for being painted.

http://www.woodcraftarts.com/jacob.htm is a site with plans.