above is the completed saw stool as previously talked about. back to site

wed 12 mar

for the last few days we've been working on a saw stool. we started off with a drawing which we drew to scale. then we went into setting up the bevels to meet the correct angles for the legs of the stool. then into the workshop to start cutting. we had a practice run then on to the real deal. we marked out the timber chucked it in the vice then into the cutting. we had to make sure to make opposites, a pair of each. we then began work on our compound miter cuts. the bits were the legs meet the top. those joins are called through housing joins. we had to get these exact. but as usual we allowed a little room to move. this is the stage I'm up to now. cutting the legs to the right size and tidying them up. the angles at times were a bit tedious but once sussed all was sweet.
In the class we've been working on more numbers they were a touch more interest this time as thought process was involved. we have also been using tapes with a practical approach to working out areas and perimeters. must remember to bring in ruler lever arch file and calculator for tomorrow.

the completed housing joints

fri 7 mar

first day in the workshop not at all what expected. it felt like high school again. we were shown, then given a task. we used a variety of tools, the majority hand. some of these included chisels of different sizes, mallat, scribe, vices and the always needed pencil and square. the medium was 60x30mil pine wood. the task was housing and halving joints.

Housing joints are for shortest length timber joins which include tongued house through house and stopped house. stopped house i felt where the strongest join and also the most difficult to perform. the easier of the joins was through house. at first it took me a while to get used to the setting and the change in scale but as the day progressed my speed increased and so did my accuracy.

halving joints are for longer lengths of timber joins. i didnt quite finish those. but the time is still there. as no one in the group managed to finish these. these joins included tee halving, corner halving and dovetail halving. i will include pictures of these items as i receive them. they shouldnt take long to complete.

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