I've cut out a new plywood panel for Takeaway's breakfast spot.
The old panel is actually two pieces, so it's going to be fun playing the "where are all the screws?" game.
I discovered that when I took down the ramp at the end of the Old house.
There's definitely two screws holding the base of it.
One is fairly easy to see, and remove...
The other...?
I couldn't find it's head... How can I fit the screwdriver to it to remove it...?
I'm rough guessing where it would be, unable to see it from where I was standing.
But it Must be there...
It was.
Instead of being screwed in from the top, like the other one, it was screwed in from underneath.
Plain to see, if I knew where to look... ha ha.
So yes, I don't expect any of That kind of surprise this time, but I'll be keeping my eyes open, all the same.
The more immediate task is to put the panel in place, dry fit it, just to ensure that everything works, fits, looks okay.
With cockatoos, nothing is as easy as it sounds, ha ha.
Two old men, two babies (well, very young adults), and at least three other birds stand in my way...
Well, not for long, if I lug a huge piece of plywood out there, but curiosity will get the better of them, knowing them - you're out here, but you haven't brought food... How curious... ha ha.
I'll get the plate into place, a quick pencil mark here or there, if I need one, and then I'll face the dual difficulty of stepping down to the ground, and not stepping on one of the inquisitive horde, ha ha.
"But we Have to know what's going on...", ha ha.
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Just a quick update...
How I could have missed that... ha ha.
The peewit.
He had to be involved, too.
Thankfully, common sense on his part meant stopping for a bit of a look, then moving on, ha ha.
One of the old cockatoos...
That plastic box with the screws in it... It looks like a food box... I'm going to have to keep on coming over and then getting shy, and not quite having a look in it.
But I'm going to keep looking at it... ha ha.
One of the younger birds had to "lend a hand", or a beak...
I'll grab this corner and I'll pull it towards me, then push it away, then pull it towards me, again... ha ha.
I don't really know what the purpose of the exercise was, but it amused him, immensely, ha ha.
What went from "I'll give it a quick check to see if it fits" turned into fitting it into place.
With a little trimming, here and there, everything fitted nicely.
After I put the tools away, I came back and there was already an old man cockatoo perching on it, so I think the new platform has received the tick of approval.
At least from one half of the family, I'll have to wait until this evening to see how well received my handiwork will be, ha ha.
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