May 22, 2007

  • Vice

    Well, I'm feeling kind of proud of myself today. Now that the garage sale is over and done with, I've been getting my garage neat and organized. This is a vise that was my dad's and I finally got it mounted on my work bench. It entailed drilling holes in the work bench and then securing it tightly with bolts, nuts and locking washers.

    GateDoorInside

    When they built my fence they attached the hardware for the gate with wood screws. And what with all the wind blowing around here, the screws kept working their way out of the wood. Soooooo, today I drilled holes all the way through the gate wood and attached the hardware with more bolts, nuts and locking washers.

    GateDoorOutside

    Unfortunately I couldn't find the right hardware in black so I had to use silver. But at least it functions correctly now. Yet more evidence that I am my father's daughter. He was a maintenance man for a large corporation for years and he could and did fix anything and everything.  One time we were stopped at the last minute from going on vacation because something at the plant broke down and "froggy" (my dad) was the only one who knew how to fix it. And I believe that those engineering jeans also got passed along to my son, who is a mechanical engineer.

    XangaDaddy

    This is a picture of my dad. He died almost twenty five years ago. I sure do miss him.

Comments (7)

  • Chris,he was so proud of  you, and would be  proud of what you are able to accompolish in your life. I still miss him, like every day. Thanks for showing his picture. Love you. :yes::good-job::love::love::love::love:Mom

  • I'm impressed - great job! How wonderful that you have your Dad's vise and you are putting it to good use.

    Your Dad sounds like a great man.

    :love:

  • You did a very good job on that i cant do anything like that at all. Can i say that you look just like your father :love:

  • :good-job: Daddy would be proud!

  • You are so "handy". I wish I was but had no background in my growing up years. Wil can do any task that is handed to him. I am so thankful because being handy sure saves alot of money.

  • :good-job:

  • Great job, Chris! A little black model airplane paint will fix up the bolts and nobody would be the wiser. :wink: Mike

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