Man, the Wooden Dummy work has been killing me the last couple of days. And here's the kicker. I haven't even been training on it. I'm beat from just building a stand and fixing up the dummy itself... it's been rotting in storage for nearly 20 years and is a real mess. One time my wife even threw it out on the curb for the Goodwill truck. Gasp! That was a close one.
So I finally bought a belt sander and some wood filler, and have discovered that under the discolored, split and flaking exterior, there's still a decent piece of wood. The arms are in fair shape, even the one my wife used to back up a piece of wood she was drilling holes into. More wood filler there. The leg was lost about three moves ago, but it turned out that my Si-dei had an extra one that doesn't fit his dummy... and it does fit mine. That was like a divine omen. I had to get the damn thing back together. Two more layers of sanding, a few coats of finish and I'm there. And hopefully, will still have enough stamina left to use it. Wish me luck.
So I finally bought a belt sander and some wood filler, and have discovered that under the discolored, split and flaking exterior, there's still a decent piece of wood. The arms are in fair shape, even the one my wife used to back up a piece of wood she was drilling holes into. More wood filler there. The leg was lost about three moves ago, but it turned out that my Si-dei had an extra one that doesn't fit his dummy... and it does fit mine. That was like a divine omen. I had to get the damn thing back together. Two more layers of sanding, a few coats of finish and I'm there. And hopefully, will still have enough stamina left to use it. Wish me luck.
