Wading up a river while fly fishing offers up interesting views. Imagine the raging waters over the years that led to this pile-up.
Wading up a river while fly fishing offers up interesting views. Imagine the raging waters over the years that led to this pile-up.
So I went on vacation after my last post about the bench build, and this weekend I finally got around to flattening the funky boards. I used my scrub plane for the rough work, which made it bearable. Next step: come up with an actual plan to make a bench…
Strawberry moon over Frederick, Maryland.
I’m starting a new project to do something interesting with two warped and oddly cut walnut slabs I acquired … of unknown age and provenance. They must have been rejects from some long ago project and then shelved in a barn?
Here’s an edge-view:
And laid flat to get a sense of how NOT FLAT these boards are:
I have never worked with wood that is this funky, so it’s going to be a challenge to flatten them. So far, I have cut each to length, getting rid of the worst (most warped) parts of each slab. I have started flattening one of them. It’s going to take time, clearly.
I started with a scrub plane to get rid of the worst of the peaks:
And moved on to a #6 fore plane:
That’s as far as I got this evening. Time to sharpen blades before I continue. I plan to have two flattened boards and a plan to make a bench within the next couple of days. Details are still being worked out.
I am often amazed with the image quality that a casual photographer like myself can get from a pocket computer. This was shot with a 12 mini. The bee and echinacea reside in Frederick, Maryland.
