When Does Your Head Explode??

I am very afraid that my head is going to explode, there is going to be one more thing piled into my work shop and "BOOM" my brain is going to explode.


At this moment in the shop there is:


1. the scroll saw panel of the Lord's Prayer 3/4 of the way framed.  It is a large panel with narrow trim requiring many clamps. So...it is one side at a time and then the glue needs to dry.


2. I am working on Pate/butter knife designs for a possible contract to hand make 400 knives.  The design has to look good and I need to be able to create each knife quickly with the band saw and grinders.  A design needs to be decided upon and a method of work established.  Once I refine the production process I need to find out how many I can make in a day.  Needless to say there are now band saws and every sander/grinder that I own set out to work with. (while the glue   is drying on the panel)


3. I have an off site job on the go that requires me to slip away for an hour per day glueing and clamping in a  10,000 Villages store repairing a large shelf unit that got damaged while being moved.  Today it is going to tie up ALL my Bessey clamps for over night.


4. cutting boards, always on going.  I have able half of what I  expect to need for the coming holiday season. 


5.  marble trees.  I have an order for 8 of them for the beginning of November.  Preparing materials takes time, clamps and glue.  Then it will require a dedicated shop with the table saw set with dado heads and various sanders forming the leaves on the trees.  I figure there is easily two full days of nose to the grind stone, if uninterpreted. 


6. I have a truck for the Grandson in the works.  It is drying as I type.


7. This morning was spent partly creating a temporary safety gate to keep the roving  little fellow in the family room and off of the stairs.  A permanent, pretty gate is in the planning stages but.....it will be later in the season before it is done.


8.  Today I also have to fit in time to tend the Lodge garden before tomorrow's degree.


9. On Wednesday's I blog on blogthetoolstore.blogspot.com too.