{"id":362,"date":"2019-05-14T18:17:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T18:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/?p=362"},"modified":"2019-05-14T18:17:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T18:17:42","slug":"more-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/?p=362","title":{"rendered":"More projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the tool chest completed, I have been &#8216;moving on&#8217; to other projects.  Here is an update on my work to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we have time, we are due to make a stepladder.  Not everyone starts or completes this project during their 12 weeks in Joinery, but that&#8217;s the goal (and a deck beam to boot).    The stepladder has a fold down platform and, to get a bit of boatbuilding joinery in on the act, the platform is made up of a grating &#8211; like on the cabin sole of a yacht &#8211; or a shower tray!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lots of joints and a need for accuracy, but the result is very pleasing.  &#8220;So sharp, you&#8217;d better be careful not to cut yourself,&#8221; was the pleasing comment from the head of the school, Barnaby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSC08879-1024x768.jpg?resize=720%2C540\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-364\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Rails fitted (mortice &amp; tenon joints); birds beak mortices cut in the frame ends, ready to fit the stiles.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSC08883-2-1024x768.jpg?resize=720%2C540\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-387\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>With rails held together in the vice, my super duper router plane came into its own once again.  A gift from Sylvia, it is a lot less noisy, messy and dangerous than what people usually think of as a router!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSC08885-1-1024x768.jpg?resize=720%2C540\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-388\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>My grating &#8211; just needs a quick sanding and the corners will be rounded later when I come to fitting it into the stepladder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSC08894-1-1024x768.jpg?resize=720%2C540\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-389\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next a bollow plane.   A bollow is used to hollow! We will use it to shape the blades of oars.  Chiselling out the recesses was quite tricky!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSC08888-1024x768.jpg?resize=720%2C540\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-373\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSC08890-1024x768.jpg?resize=720%2C540\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-375\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSC08889-1024x768.jpg?resize=720%2C540\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We will be making spars later, so have made a spar gauge, which is used to mark lines along the spar, in order to help us plane it from a square section of timber into a round one.  More on that in due course.  For now, here&#8217;s the finished article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSC08894-1024x768.jpg?resize=720%2C540\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-379\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Last, but not least, we have to make a spirit level.  This was a really satisfying little piece, and I am pleased with the result, duly stained &#8230; with Peacock oil, no less!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.talesfromtheboatshed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/DSC08893-1024x768.jpg?resize=720%2C540\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-378\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With these smaller projects duly completed, I am pleased to report that I have started my stepladder today.  A couple of the lads are a day or two ahead of me, and have found it really challenging, so I hope it doesn&#8217;t throw up too many difficulties and I can make good progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the tool chest completed, I have been &#8216;moving on&#8217; to other projects. Here is an update on my work to date. If we have time, we are due to make a stepladder. 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