real spring 4 24

 

 real spring is here !! after a pleasant, but strange, fake spring back in march where the temp went up into the 70s and 80s, now its really real spring.  the leaves are just starting to pop; the asparagus are up and were eating them; the crab apple tree went from greenish to PINK in 3 days.  and, weve had some serious rains a couple days apart to get the streams up for sam, the fisherman in the family.  click the photos to enlarge them.

 this display only lasts a day or two, but its cool when its up ...
                                       the toads are back and singing, and laying  millions of eggs in kits pond ..

 theres a little shelf holding up the air conditioner outside the metal shop where mrs. robin makes a nest.  she was starting to build on top of last years, which can be messy and risky, so kit whisked achoice the old nest and temporarily set it on the top of the grill ... it is an exquisite object, perfectly round in a choice thats hard to imagine a bird pulling off.  the clay and grasses are from the edges of one of the ponds, and then the fresh grass lining in the nest below ... perfect ...

 kit thinks shell lay one more today and then start to sit ... beaurtiful !

and i finished stacking next years wood yesterday ... earliest ever.

and sunday, we did some spring cleaning.  borrowed an 8 foot step ladder, vacuumed off the ceiling fan, the top of the entrychoice closet and washed the insides of the velux windows !!!  wood heat can be messy, but with oil at $4.00 a gallon, ill take the mess thank you ... im getting the hang of the new blogger interface, but its a bit of a struggle ... grrrrrr ... i do like how fast the pictures enlarge when you clcik on them.

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powermatic 66 table saw for sale

 fast sale record ... about 10 minutes after i posted this, i got a call from my neighbor and golf partner, bill laberge, who bought our saw .. what luck ..

 we got the sawstop out of the crate and assembled yesterday, and we just have to connect the two in their new configuration ... havent turned it on yet, but were set to run.fellow woodworkers:
i thought i would let you all know that i have a really nice powermatic 66 table saw for sale for $1350. f.o.b. my shop in dorset,vermont.  its (imho), in perfect shape, has a foot operated off switch, and is wired for 220, though i think it can be changed to 110.  you can see by the plate next to the crank that it was at one point remanufactured by the famous woodshop specialties in rutland.   i have purchased one of those hot dog saving sawstop saws and that will be arriving later today.  below is how we have it configured in our shop and if you have the space, it is a really handy set up.  our layout has it at about 6 wide by 7 deep, but it could probably be done in a space maybe 66 x 72 or even smaller.  let me know if any of you are interested ... terms or swaps can be considered ... click the photos to enlarge them ...
you all have a really fine weekend ...  dan

 

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