I am not a fan of preseason football, but my knee has been bothering me for no apparent reason. Just started yesterday. There is only one reason I will watch Thursday Night Football and that is; if the Packers are playing. Otherwise I will go out of my way not to watch. Football is for Sundays (and Monday Night). And yes my knee has truly begun to hurt.
No, this is not a grave marker for a career, but a trellis for our raspberries. (knock on wood) It is coming along. I routered out, notched and interlocked the cross connections, not just for stability. It was also so I could shim the cross members so that they would align vertically and keep the shims out of sight.
I was looking for something to sleeve the holes the wire/cable will run through, so the wire/cable would not cut into the wood. I couldn’t find anything that matched my needs though the man suggested some hardware for wire rail systems. He sent me to the wrong aisle and I couldn’t find what I wanted. I didn’t want anything with threads, like a t-nut, or they would cut into the wire/cable I am planning to weave between the two structures. So I bought finish washers and hammered them over the holes, both sides.
And why counter sink the screws when you have 100 finish washers. Note how all the screw heads align.
I only had to shim one horizontal member, so that both ran on the same line. The ends are all plum with each other. Now, if the stone border of the raspberry patch doesn’t align with your horizontals? Realign the stone border. You would be surprised at the number of people to which that solution would remain eternally a mystery. I could write a book; “The Way of the Shim”, and impart valuable life lessons to my readers. Mechanics and assembly were important skills men were expected to learn, like self-defense, in the past. I fear no more.
Now all you men can run to your wives. “Sweetie! I need to buy a router.” One more goal in my life accomplished; to give men more power. It is what keeps woman happy.
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