Workbenches

This past year has been largely devoted to working on the boat and other necessary tasks or trips. When we moved into our house in 2005 I had developed an immediate list to to-dos. A few were completed such as new shower doors in the master bath, but most are in a holding pattern.

Completing the varnish work on the boat finished most of the major time consuming tasks so now to the house. Last week I finished one of the priorities, workbenches for Hazel and I. I get to use my workbench to do other home projects; Hazel uses her for stained glass. She has been making stained glass lamps, windows, and etc. for years and looks forward to more.

There are two problems. One of the projects she worked on were stained glass windows for an upstairs bedroom in our California room. Modeled after Tiffany’s “View of Oyster Bay” panel.

Hazel was constructing two panels, each about 33”x 44”. Having completed one and cut all the glass for the second, she decided to bring the panels to North Carolina in the hope we could use them. So far, no luck.

The other problem is that she liked the finish on the worktable so much she doesn’t want to mar it by working on it. That I can fix as soon as I find my hammer.