I did find some time to get out to the garage and cut some more blocks for the counter top. By my estimation, I am just about half way there. Just doing some quick math, I need a total of about 240 blocks. At 2.5" per block, that is just about 50' of 2x4 cut up, minus whatever the giant pile of sawdust amounts to.
Once I cut the remainder of the blocks, I will have to do a little tweaking on the layout to make sure I get enough randomness to the top. Then it is off to the paint/stain testing laboratory. I have a couple concepts to delve into and I want to have a decent representation of what the end grain will and will not soak up.
In some of my other spare time, I made it to the Home Depot to pick up some plumbing supplies to address my plumbing fears. My fears were confirmed with some tugging on the poly line where I tapped into the cold water line to supply the espresso machine. Some tugging resulted in the poly popping out of the compression fitting, much like it did a few weeks back, flooding the basement.
I upgraded to all mechanical type connections with the shut off valve being compression style, but on copper not poly. The line to the filter setup is a dishwasher supply that has its own shut off built in if the connection comes loose down the line somewhere. I won't be testing that one on purpose, but it is comforting to have the shutoff option at the "T" in the cold water line. Makes me feel much better being able to turn it all off when I skip town for a longer period of time.
The time trial at Cherry Creek starts tomorrow, I hope the legs remember what they are supposed to do. I'm glad I got out on the TT bike once prior to make sure it works, but the first real effort isn't going to feel so great. At least this time, I don't have to go run four miles after.
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