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  Workbench restore thread 1. Project unfolds in 3 stages (as it stands): trestles, long stretchers, top. The last will be complex, certain. Process, barring unforseen issues: plug, patch, replace the unusable, tighten, and generally clean it up. Goal is not to make it look new. I couldn’t do it if I tried. Dings, dents, deep scratches, little cracks and chips… that’s all part of the history. My ameliorations, too, will become a part of the bench’s history. The initial bench for reference.

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  Have to put the chisel on hold until CA glue is acquired. I hate when materials are a hold up. So, jumping back to the desk for a while. I need to get this done, out of the work space, and into use. You may recall (some older photos here) I made new drawer stops; did those screw-line crack repairs with dowels, and one with patches where there was blowout; removed broken locks and patched those holes, etc. I’ve a few more places to patch before refinishing.

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  I love this tree in the neighbor’s yard. I’m hoping they don’t prune it anytime soon. A merisier, I think. Not certain. The blossoms are just starting. This will explode into a pink fireball in the next days. Branches disappear.

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  Today’s exercise, wearing respirator: lug 32 stacks of 25 clay tiles out of the south grenier (future upstairs bedroom) and into the yard, somewhere. No clue where. No good place to put them. Definitely not going into the garage or the abri. Can’t stay put. They’re in way of finishing the video installation tomorrow (and future renovation). Lots of ads in Le Bon Coin by people trying to give these things away and can’t. I might return to the idea of using them for raised garden bed walls.

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  Electrician on way again. Video cameras should be going up, if it’s not too noisy of work. Some quick drilling should be all. Our community, Alsace in general, has a pretty strict noise ordinance policy for holidays and Sundays. No power tools. No construction (e.g. loud hammering all day), etc. I sometimes hear distant lawn mowers on Sundays, but construction work is what people are likely to turn you in for. I’m good with the surrounding neighbors. Should be okay. Famous last words.

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  In the hunt for a wide-brimmed hat for yard and trail. This guy sounds like the kind of milliner to get one from. https://www.agnoulitahats.com/en-eu/pages/about-our-story But my budget is much less these days, and so are my style needs. Damn hard to find a decent hat, though.

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  I started restoring this ‘ciseaux bedane’ a while back and got sidetracked. Still some hand grinding to do on bottom, but it was almost there. These chisels are meant to be whacked hard, and I’ll need to put a handle on it with two ferrules, so I bumped it up as my test for using threaded brass plumbing fittings as ferrules. Strong.