So this is the column, fully assembled.  I used 3M putty to fill in some gaps due, largely, to my less-than-average woodworking skills.  It is fully sanded and now it needs the one thing that the Makerspace doesn’t have time for…Primer.

In a couple of weeks, I’m going to order the sandstone textured spray paint and this first column will be finished.

On a completely different topic, the makerspace now has a fully automated buffalo-maker:

This is Barry, the “Caution Buffalo.”  I have some interesting plans for this one….