The Vespiary Book Binding & Book Conservation

Each of these last few phases really does something radical to the appearance of the Vespiary’s future home. We recently finished wiring and insulating, as well as putting up all the drywall and paneling. We ran out of sheep’s wool and for speed’s sake, we opted for regular ol’ insulation to finish the job. Working with the wool was far and away a much more pleasant experience than fiberglass. That stuff is evil.

It’s getting close to the end and I’m starting to look at workbench and bookshelf plans.  If you have any favorites, pass them my way.  I’m hoping to use up some of the smaller (but very wabi-sabi) leftover pieces.  Here’s a link to a website that had a bunch of woodworking benches.  I think they’ll work out well slightly modified.

Oh yeah, one update I hadn’t put in - see this panel with the holes in it?

Unhappily, it caused me a fairly major injury.  We drilled comparable holes into some 2×4s as vents for the roofline.  The paddlebit on the drill I was using caught in the wood and instead of the bit spinning, the drill spun, and ripped my right arm out of socket.  I’ve got dislocation in my genes it seems, as this is not the first time, but everyone please do your rotator cuff exercises, and watch out for those paddlebit drills!