Today was one of those calendar marking days.
Normally, when I say a project will only need another 20 minutes, it usually means another couple of hours, if I’m lucky. Today, I was bang on!
I conceded defeat with the angle grinder, concluding that I was missing a wrench to change the disc. Off to Home Hardware I went, hoping that someone could help me. My last resort was to schlep all the way to Home Depot to buy a new grinder.
Home Hardwares are, in my opinion, the stores with the most helpful staff. From Wakefield QC to Whitehorse YT to Campbell River BC and in some small town in Alberta the name of which I forget, I’ve never come out of a Home Hardware feeling like my business doesn’t matter.
I came into the store today and was promptly greeted by an associate who couldn’t help me. She scurried off to find someone who could. He confirmed that I was missing a wrench and got one, then showed me how to change the disc. He did not want to sell me a new disc because I had one and he did not want to sell me a wrench because Croft might have one. I insisted on buying both. For one thing, I don’t think it’s right to go ask for help at a store and not buy something. For another, Croft most definitely does not have that wrench and is going to need one! Plus, what if I wound up needing to switch discs again?
Once back home, I got down on my hands and knees again and away I went. Twenty minutes later the chairs were out, vacuumed, and stacked in the garden shed awaiting their new owners. Tabitha and Neelix seem so bereft without their lounging spots!
Please, no comment on the mess or the mountain of metal shavings still on the floor. 🙂
Had I not had people waiting for those chairs, I would have probably procrastinated on this project. I’m so glad it worked out the way it did! Now, I just have to finish dismantling the other dinette bench and rip up the rest of the flooring.
Before I dismantle the bench, however, I need to figure out how I’m going to get in and out of the loft, even if only temporarily. I have three three ideas for that.
As for what I have in mind to replace one of the bucket chairs, I’m flashing back to my student days as the solution then might be the solution now. I just have to find the right one…
Off to clean up the lounge. What a mess metal shavings make!
Clean up quick before the cats discover how much fun it is rolling in the metal filings!
GREAT JOB Rae! This was not an easy project and I am surprised not to see blood spots on the floor and walls! No question, you can tackle anything.
Aren’t power tools fun???
The cats are very suspicious of the metal filings and a bit lost now that the chairs are gone!
This was actually not that hard of a project. I’d actually put it in as a 2 or 3 on a scale of 10, not counting the dicking around trying to change the blade. It required patience more than anything else.
When you see the scars on my wrist from The Table Saw Incident you will see why I disagree with you that a) I can tackle anything and b) that power tools are fun. 😀