This weekend I worked really hard (at avoiding cutting the grass.) Lynn had a little cardboard organizer that was falling apart that she had asked I replace, so with open space in my worklist, I figured why not bang it out. How hard could it be?
Oh ye who tempts fate…. I don’t know what wood this was but when I resawed it to thickness it bowed like crazy. Over 1/4″ over 16″ and at that thickness if I’d sanded it out there wouldn’t have been anything left of the wood. So we had to glue and re-mill the wood.
I made Lynn help alot, she ran the wood over the jointer, and cut the dowels for the corners along with putting the finish on.
As she did that I grabbed some scraps and decided to practice some joinery. The Korean Swallow-beak joint has captivated me for a few years. See it done by an expert here: https://youtu.be/FRuQNMf6-F0?si=VkgQsB1wEXx68NFx
I shot my shot today on two practice pieces. They were far from perfect, I think I’m going to have to find a different way of making this happen. 100% hand tools was real work.
Scraps and Cutoffs 