Found Part Two of the New Old Bench Parts

Phase two of the bench pieces is taking shape.

The picture here is fairly scarey, I know, but it is what it is, and that's an old portable drafting board. This was part of a friend's artist equipment. It had a bunch of tools attached to it and he used it forever ... until he discovered things like Photoshop and Illustrator and CAD programs.


He set this aside and one day one of his kids broke some of the attachments and cut himself ... not badly but enough to send him crying for half an hour. His mama soothed the boo-boo, gave him some ice cream and gave him instructions on how to avoid his daddy's disorganized studio.

The board went into a closet for a while until mama came up with an idea for it. She covered it with some leftover wallpaper and used it as part of her rubber stamp workshop but eventually she lost interest in this hobby and the littel board once again was relegated to a closet.

Recently, the couple moved out of state. I was hired (more or less) to clean up the house so it could be sold and one of the things I found was this board.

It's in awful shape. I'm having trouble getting all the wallpaper off of it and it is scratched, dented, and generally a mess. But that makes it perfect for my project.

I'll start working on it this week and post the next phase soon.

Getting Ready to Start Something New

Have a couple of pieces my esteemed co-worker Mike found on the sidewalk on trash day. They're part of one of those outdoor benches you can buy at home improvement stores. Except, the bench part was missing and only the odds and ends were outside.


Most of the screws and nuts and bolts were still attached to the wood which was under these two items, and being the thorough individual he is, Mike took the time to remove all of them and put them in a baggie!

(I'm not sure I know anyone else who carries extra baggies in his van.)

I'm going to scrounge around for a couple of other items in the house to help with the idea about how to recycle these great parts. Next post, if I haven't started, I'll post pictures of those items.

Wish me luck!

Don't Trash Your Useless Electronics

Got an old PC gathering dust? One that has maybe 512k memory? A CRT? A first-released IPhone you traded in for something snazzier?

I heard about this outfit on my local National Public Radio station ... maybe you heard it on yours. If not, take a look at yourenew.com.

This little company has as its mission, " ... to make it easier to renew your old electronic devices than to throw them in the trash."

They pay for some stuff and just accept other stuff that has no real value but can be reused somehow.

I personally don't have any used electronics that I want to part with but when I do decide to buy a new camera or phone, I'll be sending the old one to these guys.