inventing a window, part II, trim

I woke up this morning with a snuggly Hades. Eventually, though, it was window time.



Up until this morning I was gonna make the window trim (which will also hold the window screen in place) out of the same plywood I used for the corner trim, but I kept going over that part of the process in my head & not liking it. This morning, I cut one small piece from plywood, said 'bugger this', & spent half an hour taking apart the workbench I built from pallet wood last summer.

Sometimes it happens like that. I think through the process I'm gonna do, it doesn't want to settle, & then when I actually start, BING, I know what I need to do. All that pre-processing finally makes sense.

Anyway this meant I needed to cut that schmancy shape out of pallet wood instead of plywood, which was fine, once I got it traced right.



check THAT out



I got that one sanded down nicely & then cut the second one, which was ... not as cooperative. But I have glue!



Gonna let that dry overnight, finish cutting it, sand it down, & then paint em both. Hypothetically I should be able to cut all four pieces & fit them together just fine except that I am bad at precision, so I'm gonna put these two in place before I start the side pieces. That way I can adjust on the fly, when my careful measuring comes to naught & nothing quite fits right.

... hey, I know my limitations.

inventing a window part III, trim with a side of window screen

Cutting the second piece of trim went MUCH better with all the loose parts glued into place!

Hahaha kidding, no it didn't.



It was only a little piece, & I had more glue! But WOW am I glad I'm done with the load-bearing parts of this.

ANYWAY that was only a brief delay & then it was back to sanding & painting.



I put the entire bottom piece of trim on before I remembered the screen needed to go first. Look, there's just a lot going on right now, okay?



But that was pretty easy to do, & hey, the next bit went really easily! Because I'd already done it once!



Look at that thing, though. Just gotta do two more pieces of trim, & it's gonna look GREAT.



I even got a start on the other two pieces! But I decided this time I was gonna glue things together BEFORE I took them apart with the saw.



I am capable of learning from my own mistakes!