Random tangents
Well, I don’t have a professional studio backdrop for photos, but…
Didn’t come out too badly. I’ve cheated slightly here – the final coat of osmo on the legs is still tacky because the shed never got above 5C today, so it’ll finish curing overnight in the unheated kitchen. But the top has its renaissance wax and it’s been buffed. Tomorrow I’ll wrap it in some spare cloth I have and deliver it.… Read the rest
So because I spent 2300 to 0400 on Friday night and 0900 to 1830 on Saturday working, I get a TOIL (Time Off In Lieu) day. Which I took today for reasons like waiting on The Plumber Who Never Showed Up. The plan was to spend all day in the shed. But since it hit -3C overnight, first things first.
Earl Gray, hot. With milk just to tick off the purists. And aren’t cast iron Japanese teapots nice? It’s the little things…
So with the shed at a balmy 3.5C, time to get to work, First, put the last coat of osmo on the tabletop and now I have to make some room and get the tabletop off the bench so I can get to it.
It’s not ideal, but needs must.… Read the rest
Small delay getting to the shed on Sunday.
Well. It’s a kind of woodwork.
Anyway, that evening, at around -3C in the evening. off to the shed. There were feet to shape.
I know, I know, Richard Maguire does it with a chisel. He also has enough room in his workshop to stand at either end of this bench. Anyway, the fretsaw was in need of exercise. So once the curve was cut, I used the spokeshave and a paring chisel to clean it up and cut a chamfer around the feet.
Dainty.
And they don’t rock, happily. And I’d put in a bullnose profile on the front sides using then #5 and #4 and a cabinet scraper.
Unfortunately, that meant it was time for the job I was putting off.… Read the rest