When I finished off last week my hands were pretty full of PL, even though I wore gloves from Tues on, by Friday when I had to go to work (with the public) they were still horrible. I tried to get a replacement to fill for me but no such luck, however one of the girls brought me this:
30 minutes of scrubbing in the shower and it worked!! My hands were PL free! Beware, it erodes your layers of skin away and my hands are still raw and don't overdo the knuckles, ouch. However, if you need to go out it got me by and my hands were so stained I really didn't think anything would do it. I don't think I have any skin left to use it again this week, so don't rely on it for everyday/week use. I think it is a once or twice a month deal.
A new week, so back to work on the cabinets: I installed the 2 sides. That went pretty quick and was straightforward. I marked where I had the braces for the brad nailer, laid the glue and put it in place. I used a couple screws on the bottom to squeeze the panel tight. After hearing one member say that the dip in the top was a water/spilled drink magnet, I opted for a full top. At the club it would turn into a sticky mess eventually. I'll leave the bird baths for another project.
Then came the other side, I used screws every 4 or 5 inches to give it some strength until the rest of the panels come on:
I installed the wiring. It was just cheap home depot 14 gauge audio wiring. I PL'd it in place to keep any rattles away.
I made patterns for the wheel cutouts and handles by cutting and hot gluing some scrap pieces together.
...and that is when everything started to snowball
.
My plan was to turn down the air compressor to about 35 psi so I can tack the pattern jigs into place without penetrating too far and leaving the top of the brad showing so I can pull it out with pliers. Then route out the hole with a pattern following bit, then wash, lather, repeat.
Well as soon as I turned the dial on the compressor the plastic housing holding the dial broke off, sending the dial flying across the room and releasing all the air out of the tank. Great, now I have no compressor and have no idea how to fix it
.
I figured well, the show must go on so then I just used screws to hold the patterns in place. After routing a few holes yet still worried about what to do with the compressor I noticed that the bearing on the pattern following bit was loose. Turns out there is a collet with a now missing allen set screw that came loose. After examining my holes, 3 of them were way off the pattern resulting in some drunken freehand holes
. I didn't notice right away because the top of the pattern still looked fine, it was the underside that had cut away
. So now I have no compressor, messed up holes in the already attached sides and ruined patterns.
I can take a lot, but that was it for that day. With my tail between my legs I packed it in, however I was still sane enough to fill all of the gouges with PL.