3rd February 2020
I started stripping the large round dining table using my trusty half inch chisel. I have been apprehensive to start in case the lacquer is armour glaze, fortunately the piece was made in Malaysia so not only was the finish thin the wood is soft also.
I had the whole round top stripped in about an hour and a half. All that is left is the extension pieces and the under frame.
We drove to Harbor Freight to buy a skill saw. They sell some of the cheapest tools around but the quality is very good. They may not stand up to construction site use, but for me they are perfect. I was recommended them by a few friends who uses them for their projects.
Unlike the tools in the UK the blade is not included, fortunately I saw the notice on the box before I left, so I was able to buy one, or two as it happens, because two packs were stuck together and I didn’t notice.
Kelli dropped me off before going on to another store, so I had to wander around until she returned to pick me up.
I must have looked at every item on the shelves at least twice. I felt the staff looking at me checking I wasn’t “casing the joint”. More than once someone came up to me asking if I could find everything, if only they knew I probably knew where more about where things were then they did.
Eventually she turned up, and I was able to escape.
The new saw made a good job of cutting the tops for the pedestals, so just sanding and edge machining to do.
Another Lifetime to go 