Past few days the temperatures were keeping very low, and it again became harder to work in my garage, which is actually only a metal shed. Temperatures are keeping low for whole days and I need to be taking frequent breaks to warm up at my home.
Some of the boards were pitted by beetle, so I decided to close them with clear epoxy and after the epoxy was hardened, I cleaned it with card scraper.
I still will put the pitted boards into a freezer for a day or so, to make sure that some potentially surviving beetles in the wood are dead.
I still will put the pitted boards into a freezer for a day or so, to make sure that some potentially surviving beetles in the wood are dead.
Now it was time to start the joinery. On this batch, I'm trying slightly different design of the dovetails from the past batch, where I had just 1 dovetail with two larger pins.
This time, I have decided to go with 3 smaller pins fitted with 2 dovetails.
This time, I have decided to go with 3 smaller pins fitted with 2 dovetails.
I still need quite a lot of effort and concentration for making the dovetails. Chopping the tiny pins goes relatively quickly with small chisel, but it's also easier to make a mistake. I'm still looking for the most suitable way for me of how to cut them, but surely cutting close to 70 dovetails this time gave me a good training and all will be better and easier next time.
Now the joinery is finished and I will start marking for the finger housings, which are just simple through tenons.
