[jyl]

What am I going to use the little Skil for?

Some simple bookcases need to be built for the “bookstore” part of the cafe, in specific non-standard sizes to fit various nooks and crannies. Will be the simplest possible construction. 1/2” oak plywood, dadoed and glued together, with cherry face frames attached with glue and pins. Barely a step above the wonky used bookcase you scavenged off the curb as a young person. But when’s the last time the quality of the bookshelf influenced your book-buying decision?

A coffee bar needs to be pieced together from the 2x4s I salvaged and denailed from the removed walls, shaped to fit all the stuff that needs to be crammed in there - food display case, ice machine, undercounter refrigeration, plumbing, power, grease interceptor - and covered with something easy and boho-funky - sheets of zinc maybe. Since I fully expect to find that version 1 doesn’t work and needs revision and replacement with version 2 and 3, I’m not paying my furniture maker to build a work of art here.

The kitchen walls will taken down to studs then covered with plywood and either stainless, FRP, or tile, that plywood will need to be cut to size.

The porch will need some wood-hackery.

And so on.