Project Information
I built this over the weekends in February and March 2017, the project was a giant leap of faith so many firsts… This was a handtool build outside using a thickness planer to clean the mill marks from the boards used on the base.
The design got its inspiration from chapter 9 of Paul Sellers Working Wood.
First time:
Shopping at Peach State lumber (or generally sourcing materials outside of Home Depot)
Working with walnut
Buying lumber by the board foot
Gasping in horror at the price of materials
Getting the "you're in over your head" glare from the lumberyard
Cutting a mortise and tenon
Striving for perfection
Trying to make an heirloom quality piece
Using a mortise chisel
Tapering legs with a hand plane
Feeling a "don't mess this up now" tension mounting as the project progressed
Being so intimidated by a stage of a project that I found excuses to avoid the shop
Being unable to make eye contact with the finished work feeling more like I'de lost a friend then I finished a project
The design got its inspiration from chapter 9 of Paul Sellers Working Wood.
First time:
Shopping at Peach State lumber (or generally sourcing materials outside of Home Depot)
Working with walnut
Buying lumber by the board foot
Gasping in horror at the price of materials
Getting the "you're in over your head" glare from the lumberyard
Cutting a mortise and tenon
Striving for perfection
Trying to make an heirloom quality piece
Using a mortise chisel
Tapering legs with a hand plane
Feeling a "don't mess this up now" tension mounting as the project progressed
Being so intimidated by a stage of a project that I found excuses to avoid the shop
Being unable to make eye contact with the finished work feeling more like I'de lost a friend then I finished a project