Saturday, April 19, 2025

The Lathe

Abigail and I had a lot of fun with the lathe this week! I still don't have one, so we went over to Neighbor Rick's shop. Abigail and I made a mallet for hitting chisels with out of a chunk of firewood. The next day I made some pins for the chairs I am working on. It will be good to get a lathe someday.

The girls had a half day on Wednesday and Friday was free, so on Friday my mom came up to get them. Naomi and I will head down to celebrate my dad's birthday and Easter. Hopefully we can have a big Easter fire! My dad has a big enough brush pile. 

Got the mortise and tenon joints all sized for the body of the chair. Time to start sanding. I want to finish these up as quickly as possible because the weather will transition out of mud season soon, and then I want to start working outside. It's a really time intensive build. Fun to work on and practice some new skills, though! 

Breakfast in bed!

Couldn't find a better dust mask.

Lots of sanding.

She even got a coat of oil on afterwards.

Window frame scraps from the NL.

Ready to be removed.


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