watching paint dry

 I haven't been able to move the dead vehicle so I haven't been able to fix the heat in the workshop.

 In the mean time, I've been puttering around out there when it's warm enough outdoors that I can warm up the shop with electric heaters, but even that is expensive unless it's very warm indeed, and it hasn't been much above freezing for weeks, so I haven't done much of that either.

 But when I did, I started on a 4-caster "moving dolly" since I didn't have one, and like everything else I make, it's winding up slightly over-engineered to address my favorite beefs about commercial, ready-made moving dollies:

• they are flimsy and weak (not enough material, not
  thick enough, poorly assembled)
  
• they have cheap, small-diameter casters which are
  stopped easily on imperfect surfaces
  
• if something stops the wheels when a large load is on it,
  it's often easier to unintentionally slide the load off the
  dolly than it is to get the dolly moving again
  
• they all have sharp corners
  
• they never have a carrying handle

 All of those failings are being addressed in mine.

 But right now, I'm waiting for the latest coat of polyurethane varnish to dry on the dolly, and I'm also waiting for the final coat of enamel to dry on a heavy steel socket which will be fixed to one end of the dolly with the two long lag screws shown.  That paint takes two days to dry between coats, which is annoying.

 The socket accepts a Long Steering Handle which comes off the socket at a 45º angle, so the dolly itself can be steered and manhandled when a load is sitting on it. (unless the load is really big)

 I've only made about half of the Long Steering Handle because I've decided it's going to either fold in half or telescope for storage, and I haven't decided which.

 In the mean time, I can't push forward on this thing until the various coatings dry, which is taking additional time since it's not as warm in the shop as I would like...