I got extra time to get things started today (thanks wifey). I meant to put up the pictures of the wood
before I start for reference. I kind of enjoy looking back at a
finished project by remembering how it looked before I did anything.
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| 2"X12"X6' piece of Ash for the back slats. |
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| Six nice boards of sugar maple, too rough to show their true beauty yet. |
What was done today
Other than the sled and the tenoning jig, I got two of the maple board milled and stickered. I'll let them settle for a few days and then milled them down to the actual sizes. Milling can be hard work. I discovered that my garage's ceiling is
less than 8', which made handling the boards quite awkward. I resorted to making the initial cut to length using my handsaw... to realise that this handsaw is working very well: it probably took a minute instead of 5 seconds, but in the end I'm in for the journey rather than the destination.
Tomorrow...
The big day has arrived! Sophie (my middle child and prime enthusiast woodworker) and I will be making a cutting board together.
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