Polish it like new
Even though Charlie might think that grinding the paint and wear off of a stair railing is boring, it’s still a pretty awesome thing to do for me. Advantage of being young, everything is new and interesting, so the simple tasks are quite enjoyable. The railing will probably be installed by us tomorrow at whatever time, that is if Charlie is feeling better.
After the excessive amounts of grinding (my hands wouldn’t stop vibrating), I tried to make a third pair of tongs out of some thick stock, 1/2 ” I believe. Well, I made the jaws, the joint, and started drawing the reins and my arms just gave out. Unlike Charlie, I didn’t have the power hammer to work with, so I was trying to draw them out with just a hammer. Well, I took a break, like any normal human being, and Charlie and I started wizzing through the catalogue for McMaster-Carr and trying to figure out the numbers and purposes for different allows of metal. I think we might’ve talked for a whole half hour before we realized that we weren’t going to get back to work. What a day, looking forward to the next…
