Awake: 7:00am Temp 49 sleep 7+15 sunny overnight @ Nicktown.
This morning, I planned to get the Kirby vacuum cleaner in our house & try to make it work. Kathy told me she plugged the Kirby in but got nothing. So to the workshop I went; after plugging in the Kirby, I too, got nothing.
Using a screwdriver, I took the body off & exposed the off/on switch; using my Fluke meter, I traced voltage to the off/on switch but nothing past that. I suspect the power switch is bad.
This Kirby has been in storage for over (10) yrs so probably the mildew or rust, dust or whatever...blocked the contact switch. So I put it back together & then into our Suzuki. Whenever we are close to a Kirby dealer, I'll have a professional take a good look at it.
Around 1:00pm, a truck pulled into our circular drive; it was Scott & his stepson. They are from Keith's Country & Billiards in Altoona & will put our pool table together again. Scott has been dealing with pool tables ever since graduating from high school &, according to the experts, his reputation is top notch. Scott is the guy wearing a hat.
After getting the outer framework screwed together, (3) heavy slates were put in place & then the leveling began; a very critical thing which took about (20) min.
Next, they melted bee's wax to fill in spaces between the (3) slates.
Every nick & cranny has to be filled in & leveled.
Then comes the stretch felt.
and fastening with staples.
The rails were stripped & recovered with the same stretch felt. They & the leather pockets were attached.
and now, the test; oh wow! Very, very nice.
This only took about 3.5 hrs. We thanked them for their good work & then Kathy & I played (3) games of -8- ball. It's so nice to have our pool table back in action again.
While all of this was happening, Kathy kept track of the pool table resurrection & also did (2) loads of laundry.
Dinner: Sherry Curry Chicken with brown rice& golden raisins.
Later we called Melissa & got updated on her pregnancy...nothing's happening yet!
Lights out: 11:32pm.
This morning, I planned to get the Kirby vacuum cleaner in our house & try to make it work. Kathy told me she plugged the Kirby in but got nothing. So to the workshop I went; after plugging in the Kirby, I too, got nothing.
Using a screwdriver, I took the body off & exposed the off/on switch; using my Fluke meter, I traced voltage to the off/on switch but nothing past that. I suspect the power switch is bad.
This Kirby has been in storage for over (10) yrs so probably the mildew or rust, dust or whatever...blocked the contact switch. So I put it back together & then into our Suzuki. Whenever we are close to a Kirby dealer, I'll have a professional take a good look at it.
Around 1:00pm, a truck pulled into our circular drive; it was Scott & his stepson. They are from Keith's Country & Billiards in Altoona & will put our pool table together again. Scott has been dealing with pool tables ever since graduating from high school &, according to the experts, his reputation is top notch. Scott is the guy wearing a hat.
After getting the outer framework screwed together, (3) heavy slates were put in place & then the leveling began; a very critical thing which took about (20) min.
Next, they melted bee's wax to fill in spaces between the (3) slates.
Every nick & cranny has to be filled in & leveled.
Then comes the stretch felt.
and fastening with staples.
The rails were stripped & recovered with the same stretch felt. They & the leather pockets were attached.
and now, the test; oh wow! Very, very nice.
This only took about 3.5 hrs. We thanked them for their good work & then Kathy & I played (3) games of -8- ball. It's so nice to have our pool table back in action again.
While all of this was happening, Kathy kept track of the pool table resurrection & also did (2) loads of laundry. Dinner: Sherry Curry Chicken with brown rice& golden raisins.
Later we called Melissa & got updated on her pregnancy...nothing's happening yet!
Lights out: 11:32pm.
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