Author: Chris Wells

 

 

I will be engraving tiny end-grain blocks of wood on the raised part of the bench, in preparation for printing.

The special lamp can be adjusted for strength. I have found it improves eyesight by about 25%.

This is serious timber. We are currently working out a strategy for installation: it may be as simple as asking for help….

I had to add an extra length of about two metres, hence the half-joint.

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Well – this is as close as I’ll ever get to a ‘selfie’, and better than posing in front of a recently-slaughtered elephant, or some such barbarity.

Sam and I felt that doors are important, and that is why we have marked the occasion. As you can see,  we didn’t have time to locate suits and ties.

Note the inherited and  cherished Hammer, which went walkabout and was subsequently recovered, amidst much celebration and giving of thanks (see posting: Japanese Kozuchi Hammer, March 26th, 2017).

 

 

 

I have been gradually shifting tools (some from Dad’s collection, some from mine)  into the boatshed.  To my eyes, they already look as though they belong.

Still to come:

two work-benches, and the eighteen and a half foot Skiff (unfinished).

Installed by Termite-Free Naturally

https://www.termitefreenaturally.com.au/

 

 

Waiting for something to happen….

This should do the job.

Those of you who have read The Lord of the Rings will no doubt remember Grond, the massive battering ram from Mordor used to destroy the (otherwise invincible) gates of Minas Tirith.

I built the double doors with Grond in mind. They are, as you might expect, made to last.

Sam and I set up the southern door on Saturday, and I must now work out how to fasten the hinges. I spent today adjusting this and that, measuring here and there, making unnessary calculations, and generally prevaricating.

Tomorrow – or the day after – I will hang the door.