I BUILT SOMETHING!! (Sort of ...)
Posted: April 24th, 2023, 10:12 pm
Been too busy with life the past 2 months to do any modeling ... til this weekend, when my modeling skills were put to good use ...
Background: April 20 we got hit by hurricane-force winds, thunderstorms, hail - you name it. (Will be getting a new roof as a result of the damage, but I can't repair THAT) ... however, the wind also took down two sections of our fence and a big tree branch ... my wife and her son took care of sawing down the branch into manageable parts ... I took care of the fence ...
... a metal bracket from Lowe's took care of the broken cross-beam, a garbage piece of free wood from Lowe's (with help from Gorilla Glue) took care of the top fence pieces that were broken when it hit the tree, and 3-inch deck screws secured the 2 fence sections back to the posts ... I took out two of my hobby electric drills - one had the requisite drill bit for the holes, the other had a screwdriver attachment bit - so no wasted time switching them out
... a couple of (also free at Lowes) 2x4s were used to prop the fence up during attachment ... and *VOILA* (Oh yeah, I also painted the bracket and the "wood patch" so you can't see them from the other side of our neighbors yard ... she called me "the best neighbor ever" ... I guess she preferred my work to having to pay a handyman ... 
... Karma points, added!! 
) Here's some pics ...
Background: April 20 we got hit by hurricane-force winds, thunderstorms, hail - you name it. (Will be getting a new roof as a result of the damage, but I can't repair THAT) ... however, the wind also took down two sections of our fence and a big tree branch ... my wife and her son took care of sawing down the branch into manageable parts ... I took care of the fence ...
... a metal bracket from Lowe's took care of the broken cross-beam, a garbage piece of free wood from Lowe's (with help from Gorilla Glue) took care of the top fence pieces that were broken when it hit the tree, and 3-inch deck screws secured the 2 fence sections back to the posts ... I took out two of my hobby electric drills - one had the requisite drill bit for the holes, the other had a screwdriver attachment bit - so no wasted time switching them out
... a couple of (also free at Lowes) 2x4s were used to prop the fence up during attachment ... and *VOILA* (Oh yeah, I also painted the bracket and the "wood patch" so you can't see them from the other side of our neighbors yard ... she called me "the best neighbor ever" ... I guess she preferred my work to having to pay a handyman ... ... Karma points, added!! ) Here's some pics ...
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). Some folks just think money makes them special 
