Here’s a project from a couple of weeks ago, that I forgot to post:
“Big deal,” you say, “It’s an ugly box.”
Ah, but what’s under the box?
This is the exhaust fan in our kitchen, which goes directly out through the back wall of the house. There’s a little pull chain that turns the fan on and off, and also opens and closes a panel on the back of the house. It’s pretty effective at clearing the kitchen of smoke on those occasions when I burn something, but really ugly, and drafty, too.
So, a few weeks back, I went to Lowe’s and bought a bunch of pieces of wood, some weather stripping, and a couple of hinges, and made this box. It cuts the draft way down, and while it’s nothing all that special to look at, it’s less ugly than the fan.
It’s not like this is going to get me work as a contractor if the whole “tenured college professor” gig gets stale, but it’s nice to feel like I can do useful things around the house, from time to time.