It's been a long 5 months since I've been in the shop to actually make something. Last Oct my wife took a bad backward fall off a step stool and suffered a compound fracture of her calcaneus (heel bone) and also dislocated her ankle. It was the night before we were to leave on a cruise. Fast forward to the end of Nov and we're in Mission hospital for a 4-hour surgery to insert a titanium plate.
Mission hospital has a parking valet service to park cars for surgery patients and their caregivers. After surgery, I went to retrieve the car and go home....the 79 yr old valet driver crashed our car into the rear end of a hospital shuttle van driven by another 77 yr old van driver. Long story short....just got my fixed car back on Mar 9th. The hospital insurance carrier was a horror to deal with.
Now the Pandemic hits and it's a continue to hunker down at home. My wife is finally out of the wheelchair and has graduated from the walker to a cane. So since she is able to get around w/o assistance I put in some shop time to just distract from the overall virus situation.
Here are a couple of pics of 1.) A keepsake box I made out of paduk and curly maple, 2.) a shop mallet made out of qswo and purple heart scraps.
It was good to make something and look forward to the virus and convalescence being over.
I hope everyone is taking all the precautions necessary and we'll get through this.
Mission hospital has a parking valet service to park cars for surgery patients and their caregivers. After surgery, I went to retrieve the car and go home....the 79 yr old valet driver crashed our car into the rear end of a hospital shuttle van driven by another 77 yr old van driver. Long story short....just got my fixed car back on Mar 9th. The hospital insurance carrier was a horror to deal with.
Now the Pandemic hits and it's a continue to hunker down at home. My wife is finally out of the wheelchair and has graduated from the walker to a cane. So since she is able to get around w/o assistance I put in some shop time to just distract from the overall virus situation.
Here are a couple of pics of 1.) A keepsake box I made out of paduk and curly maple, 2.) a shop mallet made out of qswo and purple heart scraps.
It was good to make something and look forward to the virus and convalescence being over.
I hope everyone is taking all the precautions necessary and we'll get through this.
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