Doll House for NKH (May-July 2021)

 During a very entertaining video chat with our grand- daughter back in mid-2020 when the kids in CA were locked in their homes in front of little computers forever,  a request for a doll house was made.  She sketched it out and showed it to me during the chat.  So then the quest for the perfect doll house began.

Here's her initial sketch.

I searched the Target website among others to see what kids are getting these days.  There were lots of them on line.  I looked over all of them and picked a few to use for design ideas.

Here's my initial sketch.

I had to research how to make windows, stairs, doors, chimneys, roofs, etc.

Here's the process used to build the doll house.

Here's the finished doll house (unfurnished).

Ready for the 3 day road trip to its final destination.

Air Line Installation Project July 2020

Air Line Installation Project July 2020

Main Character - Bruce the Plumber (Professional Plumber), Bruce Nash of Custom Plumbing

Goal:  provide air line drops to all areas of the shop/garage complex for all air related activities.  This includes using air nailers, air sanders, pin nailers, air drills, air grinders, spray finishing, tire filling, and general dusting/chip removal.

Total drops installed:  Ten

     Drop 1 -Wall Reel (Harbor Freight) - Sanding Area - 25' long - Main Shop
     Drop 2 - Wall drop Quick connect -at South Door of Main Shop
     Drop 3 - Overhead Reel - (Menards) - Assembly Area of Main Shop
     Drop 4 - Wall drop Quick connect - at Hegner Scroll Saw - Center Shop
     Drop 5 -  Overhead Reel - (Menards) - near Lathe - Center Shop
     Drop 6 -  Overhead Reel - (Menards) - in stall #1 of Old Garage - Spray Finish area
     Drop 7 - Wall Drop -Quick connect - at West Door of New Shop
     Drop 8 - Overhead Drop - Quick connect at middle front of New Garage
     Drop 9 - Wall Drop - Quick connect - at south Door of New Garage
     Drop 10 - Quick connect at Manifold - Mechanical Room

     

 Overhead Reel - 30' long (Menards) - near Lathe - Center Shop

Air Line coming from Mechanical Room into Main Shop 

  

 Quick Connect - Wall drop at South Door of Main Shop

 Drop 1 -Wall Reel (Harbor Freight) - Sanding Area - 25' long - Main Shop

  Overhead Reel -  30' long (Menards) - Assembly Area of Main Shop

 Quick Connect - Wall drop at Hegner Scroll Saw - Center Shop

 Overhead Reel - 30' long  (Menards) - in stall #1 of Old Garage - Spray Finish area

 Quick Connect -Wall Drop at south Door of New Garage

 Quick Connect - Overhead Drop - near middle front of New Garage

Quick Connect - Wall Drop - West Door of New Shop 

 Manifold with Air Filter/Regulator, On/Off Valves, and Quick Connect in Mechanical Room

Quick Connect - Manifold in Mechanical Room

Air Compressor and Manifold in Mechanical Room

Notes:

Installation took three days:  July 10, 13, 21, 2020.

This included parts acquisition.  Air Filter / Regulator was ordered from Amazon.  Air Reels were purchased from Harbor Freight, and Menards Online.  Pipe used was PEX A.  Red coiled hose is for truck air brake lines, also used to air up truck tires - it was purchased at auction.  We used it to connect the compressor to the air lines system (maybe over-designed just a little?)

Auction Finds 6-20-2020

We picked up some auction treasures today from local auctioneers Messner and McPherson.  (Click on any photo to see a slide show of the photos in this blog.)

The first item of note was a hand sewn, hand quilted, quilt as shown below:

Auction cost was $42 dollars.  Very reasonable, and is about 10% of the cost of building a full size quilt.

The next item of note was a tote full of seven hand made quilt tops as shown below.  They are all hand sewn and are old fabrics, but most likely all new.  I put names on them as best as I know, but I could use help identifying them.


Quilt #1:  Roses and Buds Quilt Top
(This top is in two pieces, and there are smaller pieces in the tote to fill in the missing parts.)

Quilt #2:  Ice Cream Cones Quilt Top

Quilt #3:  Grandma's Flower Garden Quilt Top - with gray borders

Quilt #4:  Double Wedding Ring Quilt Top

Quilt #5:  Embroidered blocks quilt top

(one edge is not complete, will need more green and white)

Quilt #6:  Quilt top is made of large blocks (17")   (Not sure of the pattern.)

Quilt #7:  Grandma's Flower Garden Quilt Top - with white borders

Auction price was about $1 per quilt top.  I would like to make them into real usable quilts...  This will certainly keep me busy for the rest of the foreseeable future!