Well the storm "Ikea" left it's mark in Houston and the surrounding areas. Galveston is a mess if you have not seen pictures. We have been with out electricity for 11 days and we have been getting kind grouchy. Fortunately it has been unseasonably cool starting 2 days after the storm. Typically the weather returns to hot immediately after but not this time. We gathered at a neighbors house on their covered deck and drank wine almost every night. I have a few new brands to try out Swingman. My son had to go back to college on Wednesday, my wife went back to work yesterday. Oddly most the public schools started back today. I have been in 4 previous major hurricanes and they all had a common last syllable that sounded like the ones in Carla, Celia, Beulah, Alicia, we almost got Rita 3 years ago almost to the day so I have determined that this storm was not really Ike, rather Ikea. I had just started a kitchen revamp job the week before the storm and having been with out power for 11 days and I am behind schedule. My customer and neighbor 3 doors down was with out electricity for 11 days and is not rushing me. ;~) My 4 most recent fence jobs held up splendidly. Each took the brunt of the north winds and stood unscathed. The last was 75' long and stood 50' away from the nearest structure so it took the total force. Attached older fencing went down on all counts. One of my last customers wants me to put in another 90' or so. Anyway, I'll be cutting thick Maple veneer to resurface the existing kitchen cabinets on my current job. Sample cuts allowed me to easily produce 5,
1/8" thick pieces from 4/4 x 5.5" wide S4S stock with hardly any sign of tooth marks. Resawing with the Laguna BS and a 1-1/4" Resaw King blade allowed me to resaw the 5.5" hard Maple almost as fast as I could push the stock. Following those cuts with a light pass through the drum sander should make this an easy task.- posted
15 years ago