by Malc2098 » 28 Oct 2019, 11:47
Thank you gents all for your very kind words, and yes I am dead chuffed, chuffed to bits.
It's been a bit of a journey, not quite like Strictly's, (I didn't have any spray tan!), but I challenged myself to take on working with wood in a way that I hadn't ever before.
I am very pleased with the joints, even if they are a bit messy. I especially like the dowel locks. I bought some oak dowelling of the interweb, cut them all to joint thickness oversize, and then using a lovely old pencil sharpener that I liberated from a county council redundant drawing room, I gave them each a couple of turns with the sharpener. They look good protruding that bit.
I am also pleased, as is Mission Control and my two mate helpers, with the stopped chamfers I cut on the posts and the braces.
And I like the arc I cut on the braces on the band saw using the old three nails and steel rule trick for the chord mid-ordinate.
And it's been great to have your support during the project.
Cheers, Gents.
Malcolm