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
