Kensrud, Vernal

Vernal Kensrud will be 90 in July.  He retired from McChord AFB civil service in 1980.  Married to Doris for 63 years, he is now her primary caretaker in their home in Roy.

Vernal loves to make things out of junk/scraps, and has made lamps out of crank shafts, pistons, bricks, wine bottles, and even a bowling ball.

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Vernal Kensrud will be 90 in July.  He retired from McChord AFB civil service in 1980.  Married to Doris for 63 years, he is now her primary caretaker in their home in Roy.

Vernal loves to make things out of junk/scraps, and has made lamps out of crank shafts, pistons, bricks, wine bottles, and even a bowling ball.

Tank Seat

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I used an old steel water heater tank to make this “Tank Seat”.  The idea came to me when I was cutting half round sections of the old tank to make a firewood holder.  I made a wooden cradle to hold the half round.  Looks perfect with the woodstove.  What was left of the tank….well it looked like a chair without a seat.  So I set out to make it look nice.  I designed the scalloped edge for the top of the backrest.  Then I cut it with a saber saw and polished the edges with a file by hand.  I painted it with black enamel spray paint.  The seat is made of a piece of fir that I had in my shop.  The hinged seat can be flipped up so the bottom of the tank can be used for storage – briquettes, barbeque tools, or garden stuff.  This “Tank Seat” is best used outside….

The lamp is made of a crankshaft from a lawnmower.  The base is a tire also from a lawnmower, and the shade is a hard hat of mine from when I worked at McChord.