Mittwoch, 17. Februar 2010

Bed Legs

I know, one should call them posts, not legs, but I like the idea of legs more... Yesterday time passed by, planing, gluing, bandsawing and smoothing again those walnut blocks - I won't tell you what book I'm reading nor the music I'm listening too. I reached for harmony in the grain pattern. Man, if one leg will fail, I will have trouble finding ersatz. For an invisible glue line I chose to plane a slight hollow on two opponent glue faces, like David C teaches. I photographed the steps once here in English and once here in German. The result is quite good, now on for the pattern. There is sapwood to cut off...