That had to be fun Ned, being able to swing boards around any ole way without worrying about smacking something
Cool photos as well
I
really like the Blk & wht shots!
Thanks Ken, despite my shop's small footprint, I don't generally feel 'limited' handling lumber in there... having over 12' tall ceilings helps in that respect a LOT! It was kind of liberating to be out in the open air doing woodworking though. I think that I'm going to revisit a long ago 'plan' and build a deck onto the end of the shop so I can simply open the doors, and then do some open air woodworking in the hot weather. That was the main reason I pulled the planer outside. Funny thing though, when it came time for cleanup, I literally was sweeping shavings up from the grass! Obviously didn't get them all, but I figured I could at least gather the larger piles of shavings that didn't get into the box.
Ned, I would use larch. There is a guy up near you where I used to get my larch from. I was paying$.065 a bf. I will see if I still have his number for you.
Al, sounds like a plan.
I'm treating this set of chairs as a refresher course in workflow in and around the shop. For example I had one board today which was cupped more than the others. I was pleased that the old habits kicked in, I kept flipping it taking a bit off of both convex and concave sides until I got it to 'match' the other boards. I think the entire set got two or three more passes through the planer than I would have done otherwise as a result. That way I have consistent thickness across the entire batch of wood.
I'm 'out' less than $50 for a pair of chairs, including hardware (
if I have to buy any; I think I have enough stuff on hand that I shouldn't have to buy much), So far, I've gotten the planer, miter saw and bandsaw up and running, and tomorrow I should get the TS and DC hooked up and working as well (of course the TS has pretty much been ready to roll the whole time).
I got a call from my new area manager for work, and after a couple of phone calls, it looks 'good' for my transfer from VA back to this area. I just 'missed' a training session here in Syracuse this week though, because he didn't know i was here and available to attend.
I told him I would be available in a pinch next week, and that otherwise he could put me on schedule for the following week. Lori started a new banking job 2 weeks ago, and next week she's working all 5 days 9-5 (she'll be part time after that for awhile), I don't want to have to juggle her work schedule vs mine when she's concentrating on getting up to speed.