Staining Process

Now I am in the staining process on my stepdaughters bed. I am using Minn-wax golden oak stain and i am also using Minn-wax spar finish pollyurathane. This is it so far.

Rick's Musings And Things: Build a bed for my Stepdaughter

Rick's Musings And Things: Build a bed for my Stepdaughter: "They picked out a platform bed with four draws two on each side and two floating side tables. I went to Home Depot and bought some plywood..."

Build a bed for my Stepdaughter

They picked out a platform bed with four draws two on each side and two floating side tables. I went to Home Depot and bought some plywood ¾ inch thick. I started measuring it for a queen size bed which is 60 inches wide and 80 inches long I cut them to size on my table saw. Then I started to cut out for the draws which they wanted 3 feet long and 8 inches high.



Here is one of the side panels for the bottom of the bed.

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Growing Up With Antique Cars

When I was four years old my father and my uncle was restoring a 1929 Model A. I used to sit in the garage and watch them work on the car. First they took it all apart piece by piece. They had pieces all over the garage wheels, fenders, body, chase, rumbull seats, etc. I watch them strip the old paint off the parts. They made new fenders out of steel. My uncle did something called pick and file work something that is not used to much anymore. they primed the pieces and sanded them a lot of times. They even had to weld pieces together. Before they could put the finish coat of paint on it. Then they still had to do a lot of sanding between all coats of paint. After fifteen coats of Laquior paint they could put the car back together. It took they approximately three years to finish the car and drive it down the road.
My father loves to drive that car around, going to car show, and parades. He has come home with first place trophy's second place and some third place trophy's. My father had even made a commercal with the Model A. The paint on the car lasted 35 years. They had other projects while they worked on the Model A, like making fenders for another mans Audurn. My father also restored a 1968 mustang convertible. I watched him work on that and this time I was old enough to help with it. It has a 302 high performance engine in it. Four on the floor, We ended up going through a couple of carborators trying to get the engine right without eaten up to much gas. My father had called me a few times because he ran out of gas. We first had Eddle-broch, Harley carbs and they ate up to much gas.
Now we will be working on 1931 ford Model A pick up and I will be able to enjoy working together with my father,and having my children with us helping also. it would be so nice to be able to keep the generation going.

How people drive in bad weather

How people drive in bad weather.
I am on the highway every day and I see a lot as to how people drive on the highway in the bad weather. It seems that in snowy weather people still like to drive fast.They don't like to pay attention to the signs that say slow down winter roads conditions.
People need to learn to ether leave a little earlier on their way to work.They need to give themselves more time so they can account for
bad weather,accidents and so on. It seems that in snowy weather people still like to drive fast.

People that have 4 wheel drives seem to be the ones to drive very fast in the bad weather.They don't understand that just because they are drive vehicles that have 4 wheel drive they think they have better traction. On the slippery roads they slip and slide just like everyone else.It seems like I see more of those kinds of vehicles in the ditches because they are driving too fast for road conditions.

It is not just in bad snowy weather it is also in rainy weather. People drive too fast for rainy weather they don't think about visibility from the spray off the other vehicles.They don't think about hydroplanning in the puddles they can't see in the dark.People need to learn to drive according to the weather conditions. They could drive at least 5 to 10 miles slower than the posted speed limit for starters or slower if needed.I see accidents everyday because of these reasons.Usualy if you see tractor trailers going slower that means road conditions are slippery.