Making My Bed – Headboard on its Way
My days are passing too quickly up to Christmas. The deadline looms and a bad day yesterday was reclaimed today and I concluded all of the mortises for the headboard today. Once these are stuffed with tenons I will be happier.
Here is a short video we did when we timed cutting five of the mortise holes to see how long it really took:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbicSEWcK_8
The beauty of chopping is in the freedom for thinking as I mentioned previously. I also think another beauty is seeing the chisel cut through fibres to reveal what’s in the wood directly behind the cutting edge as I chop. The wood resists the chisels edge and then yields. I like the way that feels and record it in my mind’s eye. I also like the essence of the oak as friction from the compression in the cut gives of the musty smell. Very different from machine dust filtered through a dust extractor and a dust mask altogether.
Once the head board is done I can start the veneered panels and some of the more detailed work.
Paul,
As I follow along with your bed project, I’m curious to know – which aspect of the project do you consider to be the most technically demanding?
None of it yet, but soon I will be doing some panels with different woods. I will be doing some more detail work and then that will be more demanding.
Curious to know why the previous day went so badly. Only if it was related to the project of course…
Much work makes for a busy day and combining writing, filming and making means I must manage my time well. Expectations have to be realistic bit even with realistic goals, time can slip away and things you planned on resolving can be left undone. It’s not really a big thing in the scheme of things. I probably shouldn’t say bad day; perhaps unresolved???