27th August 2023
I had a good trawl through Elaine’s barn picking out timber to finish her project.
She has an interesting house set in woodland halfway along the road to Saugatuck. He garden is decorated with glass sculptures she has created. She had a large lake stocked with carp that come for their food when a bell is rung, it really is a sight to witness.
The barn is full of timber of all sorts, it’s difficult to get to most of it. I found three lengths that I though would be good for the small cabinet door frames.
Once back home I was keen to start, but first we took our bike ride. We went first to Castle point, then back past the old farmhouse to see if there was anymore progress on its restoration.
Unfortunately there was nothing further done. I’m not sure of the plan, we’ve been there during the week and at weekend and seen nobody, not what I expected.
Kelli painted the latest dresser after I removed the top, that had to be stained.
In between that I was cutting the rails and stiles for the doors cutting the half lap joints on my new jig.
Using this was a lot safer, and a bit more accurate than any previous method I used, although with the blade set so high it was a bit scary.
Another Lifetime to go 