the joined chest project, part the next

back to the week that was…when we attempted to make 10 or 11 joined chests in no time at all. Knuckleheads. 

after all the riving and hewing; we hauled some of the stock into town to begin the task of planing it into boards. I’ll just bop the pictures in, then add whatever I can remember about it. Here’s Steven planing just like I showed him…

 

Roy was astounded at the amount of shavings produced by working green wood

 

 

 

 

 

One of our un-named students works in a pointy building on the east coast, and to help him out, Roy put up surveillance cameras throughout the classroom..

A broom wouldn’t do it, so Roy got out a pitchfork…

 

 

Elia couldn’t stand the idea of sending those shavings to the landfill, so we piled them in his truck.

 

We did get further along eventually; chopping mortises, over & over & over again. 

 

Then plowing grooves, cutting tenons, test-fitting. 

 

 

There was lots of documentation, 

 

until the last couple days, when I lost track of all – I spent 1/2 of the last 2 days with a checklist, “do you have all your muntin stock?” I never did get it all straight. it’s hard to keep track of 250 piece of oak that all look pretty much the same. 

Then one day Steven emerged from Ed’s store upstairs and everyone ran to his bench like it was Xmas morning – “whaddja get?” – so we had a show & tell…

Just another week at the Woodwright’s School…

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For those keeping track, some spoons and things for sale tomorrow…including this new piece: