15 February 2015

I found high gloss white melamine sheets from a dealer, and bought four sheets. now my problems started. I have an old table saw which has not been used in nearly four years. The it has stopped working because of a blunt cutting blade, and I left it in storage in one of the sheds. My newer and smaller table saw has developed a"wobble"in the blade. It will require replacing the bearings. Only tested it last week and found it was only the overload trip that has popped. Now I had to move the saw. Firstly I had to move the roofing iron that has been there for two years. Then I had to move my pile of usable scrap timber to the back of the shed. Next came the spare weatherboard in the shed. Only then could I move the table saw to where I used to have my workbench under the lean to. In the meantime the melamine sheetswere on the trailer under the  new car port. With help that was done.With everything set up, Me and Elna moved the first sheet over, Quite a task for two oldies. We set a guide and cut it ti form a side  panel for the corner pantry. Then I had to put edge strip on the edge  and trim it down. It worked, but is not secured yet. Then followed the second panel and a filler at the top. From the off cuts I made the two doors required, and edged them as well.

Today we had visitors, and the  general consensus was that we should retain the original wood grain doors with black edging. I will need to make 7 new doors and drawer faces out of the spare wood grain sheets and panels that I have. What I will do about the edging I don't know yet. I have got 100 meters of white  edging! It will mean less work for  me, and I would prefer to remove the black and have brown edging done by a joiner, but I don't know if he will be interested in such a small job. Time will tell.

Well folks, that has been my week.