Galoots
It looks like we almost have a new Galoot Image Central ready to go.
Time to take the new website for a test drive.
I have loaded a few more pix of my 13th Century Chair Project.
This is one of the big posts mounted in my pole lathe.
I had maybe a quarter of an inch to spare.
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These are the rough split basswood blanks for the seat boards.
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After some work with a hatchet, scrub plane, and jack plane I had
more shavings than board left. It was actually not too bad.
Each pass with the scrub took off 1/8 of an inch, and with small
pieces like this you can finish a pass in 30 seconds. So half
an inch disappears in a few minutes. Then your arms fall off.
One of the blanks was so not-flat that I split it to make two
smaller pieces, otherwise the top and bottom would have
intersected. And that's not good.
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After a coat of shellac, but still not pegged together it looks like this:
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I still want to take this to a couple of SCA.org events and being
able to pull it apart and flat-pack it is quite handy.
And for a reminder of what I was aiming for:
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Close enough I think!
Next project? SWMBO needs a new garden gate.
And it needs to be a Hobbit House Door.
Yikes.
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Darrell LaRue
Oakville ON
Wood Hoarder, Blade Sharpener, and Occasional Tool User
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