Sunday, January 14, 2018

molasses



What follows is a visual essay


I've performed and recorded every one of these steps before


there's nothing new here


although eliminating the shooting board and just using my benchtop has been liberating


and I guess woking in pine has been new


everything goes twice as fast


everything


and everything unplaned comes out fuzzy


and it's prone to spelch


and dings


and pretty much just breathing too hard on one spot


and it's impossible to erase errant marks


and you really have to watch the end of your cut


and take it easy


but joinery is almost cheating in pine


my tolerance in maple




fits the first time in pine




pine makes me feel like a woodworking demigod


in an hour I can realize something that in maple might take days


sorry, my "days" is simply "minutes" to someone else


although I did rough then smooth the curves on the legs in under an hour



that was my Tuesday



 the dry fit is so tight I feel the need to caress some of the joinery and just give it all some breathing room



a decision on finish is yet to come, I have just begun to walk that path