So Wednesday turned into a rough day. I thought the moose sighting would be a good omen but it turned out to be a not so good one. Just after lunch I pierced a chisel into my pinky enough so I needed three stitches. Let me just say I am not good with blood so it turned into an ordeal. I felt pathetic and wimpy for the next day and a half. But I got back on that horse and after I sharpened all my tools that I possibly could, I started working with the chisels again. The cherry that I was using to make a bench with does not behave the way the poplar that we practiced on does. So once again I needed to conjure up some patience to learn how the cherry likes to be dealt with and not injure myself again!
I am making some progress on the bench, but I won't likely finish it anytime soon. I have the top and legs cut, with dovetails, but I still have to cut the mortises and tenons for the stretcher, and then put a coat of whatever on top of it all. And next week we start talking about our second projects, which will be a casepiece (something with doors and drawers).
After working with the school tools for two weeks, I decided I knew enough about a few things to go buy my own. So today I bought a new dovetail saw and some little accessories that no woodworker worth their salt would be without. Lie Nielsen is the toolmakers down the road, high end stuff. We refer to it in class as the crack house! Whenever any one of us go, the rest of the class makes them show and tell what they bought. Much drooling, oohing, aahing. Gorgeous tools. The retail therapy worked.
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