The Dumbest Man Alive... (Or what Herself wants, Herself gets; Part II)

If, by chance, you thought you knew someone dumber than me, hopefully this post will toss out any such thought without any possible refutation.  I am going to present to you a pictorial argument that will leave you stunned and breathless, nothing short of amazed about how dumb I am, and how stupidly I spend my time. This is in regard to my shutters that I am building for my house, a completely frivolous venture to begin with.  But really what this whole thing stemmed from, is Herself and me looking through countless catalogs and Pinterest not being able to find just what we like, compounded by the problem that even something that we don't quite love being extraordinarily expensive.  So what are ya gonna do? You are just gonna make them yourself.  That's the only way you are going to get what you want for a price you can afford.  You just have to commit.  Stupid!

Boards cut, painted, stacked, ready for assembly.

Shutters assembled.

 Below is the really long (stupid long) process.  This is the hinge making portion, which is the part that really took up a lot of time.  You can see the process in the picture below, I cut the curved part out of big strap iron, and welded it onto the side the long skinny strap.  I made a template for cutting out the curved stuff, but it was still really laborious and tedious.

Here, below, you can see (somewhat) how laborious it was...

Then after the curved portion is cut and welded onto the main piece, I ground the weld down so that it would look as if it were one piece.  I could have, of course, just cut the whole thing out of one big wide piece, but that would have meant a substantial amount more money and a lot more waste.

Tweaking something; I'm unsure what I was doing. This is really a Show-
Off picture of my beautiful anvil.  Isn't She lovely?

With the side (mounting) brackets welded on.

Holes drilled for carriage bolts.

 And now we come to one of the REALLY dumb parts.  Round headed carriage bolts on my "Old World" looking hinges?  Get out!  Not happening here!  I had so much fun explaining to everyone who looked at me as if I were crazy, that I didn't want to do this, but that Herself insisted upon it, and even threatened if leave me if I couldn't come up with square headed bolts.  For some reason, she didn't think it was nearly as funny as I did...

 And viola! Square-headed bolts!  Its all about the details, right?  And Herself didn't leave me!  Marital crisis averted...

Close up view.

So, I think I hold the undisputed position of Dumbest Man Alive.  I dare anyone out there to produce evidence of wasting as many hours doing anything as superfluous as shutters and hinges that don't work (Casement windows; can't really have shutters that open from the outside.) Can I get an amen?