Retirement puzzle

[Runner]

Except for mine...She thinks when I am in my detached shop that she wants to be out there WITH ME hanging out. She even bought me a dart board last Christmas and was like, "now we can play darts when we're hanging in your shop!"

Just start welding, grinding and plasma cutting.....

 

[bigtiller]

How did you get all the little pieces to stick together and transferred onto a medium?

 

[JeepHead]

Just start welding, grinding and plasma cutting.....

Oh I already do, doesn't work! I think the only thing that does in when I paint something because she says it will give her a headache.

 

[Hughman]

How did you get all the little pieces to stick together and transferred onto a medium?

Clear glue on the front, wood glue on the back with a 1/8" backer board

 

[oldnslo]

Oh I already do, doesn't work! I think the only thing that does in when I paint something because she says it will give her a headache.

Sounds like you need a paint smell dispenser

But then she might have permanent headache

 

[BackRoad]

Quilts...Introduce her to quilting!

(But it will cost you once you do...)

 

[BackRoad]

And I tried to find the missing piece.

If the past is any indication, it fell into my mother-in-law's sweater pocket.

 

[MossRoad]

...and I mean puzzle in a literal sense. When I retired in 2016, my eldest son thought I would have too much time on my hands so he got me a puzzle as a retirement gift. As a family we spent about 4 years putting it together. The next 4 years was spent finishing out a room in the basement with a wall big enough to mount the puzzle on.

Final result is 32,256 pieces (ok, actually 32,255 since 1 piece went missing), about 17' wide by 6.5' tall.

WOW!