Today I did some work on the coffee table. It was late, but I had been doing housework all day so I needed to do something fun before clocking out. I chose to joint and glue up the bottom shelf of the table. Doing this jointing on the floor might seem odd, but worked fairly well (I don't have enough bench space) I moved most of the power tools into the boiler room, now that I've worked with hand tools I like them much better.
These are the boards after trimming and glued up, the grain isn't all that similar but it's the bottom, so I wasn't going to be picky. The pipe clamps are from "Horror" Freight with pipe from the Borg, cheap and great workers, can't beat it. I'm using liquid hide glue, partly because I'd like to be as traditional as I can and partly because I like being old school. Show me something that was "done-like-this-back-then" and I'll try it, just because it's not new (even though LHG is).
The last think I did around 9pm tonight was to cut out some oval Shaker box templates and finish one of the forms. These seem fun and handy, so I'm going to build forms and get materials together to experiment. I'm putting together some small things I can make in a little apartment with a minimum of tools/noise etc. for my anticipated move to rural PA for grad school. I hope to get some items on my Etsy, which I promise will get updated. Someday. I'll post when I list things there.
