Weekend bits and pieces

The weekend was given over to progressing a number of projects: the Steampunk Lamp; our decks; and slatting the underneath of Fiona's folks' house.

I added a few bits to the lamp design; and moved a few other elements around. The photo below shows that I'm ready to assemble the lot now that I have completed the drilling, threading, grinding and polishing.

©2014 Barry Smith - Bits polished and ready for assembling.

And this is what it looks like now that it is assembled. I did not have a lot of time to work on it today so left the final wiring and lighting up until later in the week - I don't want to rush it and fry myself. The top section of the lamp is wired. I need to get a smaller round light bulb.

©2014 Barry Smith - Steampunk table lamp - polished

©2014 Barry Smith - Steampunk table lamp - polished

©2014 Barry Smith - Steampunk table lamp - polished - detail

I got the hand rails and decking of the southern deck, off our bedroom, sanded and painted; and as you can see our Camellias, bottom left, have started to blossom like crazy.

©2014 Barry Smith - bedroom deck looking south - with Camellias

The drop posts for the slats at Fiona's folks are bolted and cemented in place after a mornings work. We will put up the slats next weekend.

©2014 Barry Smith - Posts for slats - next Saturday's job

So you can see that creativity took many forms again this weekend.