The end in sight

Favorite Photo Friday # 4

I know this is the first one I've participated in. I'll try to do better. Nothing says spring to me like the March Bank at Winterthur. I took this shot in 2008.

Woodworking continues

I've always been a girl who needs a deadline to get things done. Best way to make sure the house gets clean? Plan a party. Best way to finish a dining room table? Plan a dinner party for 22! So, April 9 is our deadline, and work continues at near furious pace.

This weekend we:
Determined the final width and trimmed the bread board ends of the tabletop (photo shows before the cutting).

Drilled holes through the tongues / grooves (which will be pinned with walnut dowels)

Cut all the mortise and tenons for the legs / skirt.



Sanded, ad nauseum.


Since I failed to update, last weekend we:

Cut the grooves in the bread-board ends with my dad's router.
Cut the tongues on the long center boards with the dado blade on the table saw.
Sawed the glued-up legs to 2 1/2 in. thickness, and cut them to length.