Since our last meeting, woodworking adventures included shaping a few of my 2x8s into 2x4s, using a hand plane to final dimensions, followed by glue-ups. The next step is going to be quite similar by shaping the legs into 4x4s. It’s coming along, slow by sure.

A few meetings back, we were discussing the photos I posted of my dad flying the Stearman at Stearman Field, Benton, Kansas. I couldn’t put my hands on this neat video at the time, so here it is now. My dad, aged 96 years in the front seat. He flew this plane as a Naval…