#2094 Tuesday 27th April 2021

What an age we live in!  For guys like me that use tools, it's amazing.

These strange looking things are self-centring drill bits.  When fitting a door to the door frame, it's useful to be able to accurately drill the hole for the hinge screws...... and these tools allow you to do exactly that.

The invention of the CNC lathe means that such things can be manufactured at a cheap price. 

Marvellous!

..... and the CNC machines themselves are cheap enough that a home workshop can afford them. 

Kaylia's just home from school and she's straight into the bath. 

#2093 Sunday 25th April 2021

 We're in Covid lockdown again ..... and we had to be tricksy to cope with Kaylia's routine of weekend op shops and DVDs.  As soon as I heard at Friday 4pm, that WA was to go into lockdown that night, we hightailed it down to the op shop and bought enough DVDs to see us through the weekend!  The strategy has worked very well.

It's now Sunday evening and at 9:30pm, Kaylia has had the same song playing on her tablet since 6pm!  It's getting hard to take.

The "chateau" project is going well.  Today I undercoated the architraves.  Once their final coat is on, I'll fit the vertical blinds.  Then the new cork floor can be laid.... then the skirting boards.  I still have the stair handrails to make and fit.

This gate is outside a business in Witchcliffe.