I still need to add a pull but other than that it is on the wall and functional. I don't like the door but the boss does so I guess I will live with it for awhile.
We spent last weekend in Mexico, I did my usual...beer and tamales for breakfast, hours throwing the ball into the Sea for the critters to fetch, beer and tacos for lunch, nap, more throwing the ball, and a good dinner someplace where I didn't need to cook or change from flip-flops, shorts, and t-shirt. Repeat the next day.
Waiting for me when we made it back to Casa Chaos was a Lilly White Washita off of eBay. The box and the stone looked near new. A couple or three swipes with the flattening plate and it was ready to go. Tried it on a old Pexto 3/4" chisel and for an oil stone it cut very fast, left a nice matt scratch pattern and after a couple seconds on the strop I had a very sharp iron.
As always: Click 'em to big 'em.
ken
To clean deeply a dirty of clogged. Oilstone, run it thru the dishwasher.
ReplyDeleteWords of wisdom, you may want to check with ms Bubba first... DAMHIKT :-)
Bob, who has done a "few" strange things...according to his wife
I like the look of the door panel too. If the knob going to be wood or a store bought one?
ReplyDeleteI like it too, but maybe it doesn't fit the decor??
ReplyDeleteI love the grain match thought!
Bob, the art critic at large :-)
Bob,
ReplyDeleteBTDT and it works pretty good. Here in Casa Chaos I own the dishwasher, MsBubba the rest of the house :-). She hates washing dishes, I hate vacuuming works out pretty good....
ken
Ralph,
ReplyDeleteThanks....It's just a little too much for me, it's not bad and I can live with it but...I think a Cherry panel would have worked better. I haven't decided on the pull, a nice wood one would be better but as the door may not stay on I may go with a HD special.
ken
Bob,
ReplyDeleteYep, the figure on the panel is very nice and when I made it my first thought was damn that's nice. Only after putting the door together did the lack of balance between the panel and the frame bother me. I expect I will live with it mostly because of enough projects in the pipeline to push something that works OK to the bottom.
ken