8th August 2025
It was back with John the wood, this time to add more timber to increase the thickness. This was an easy, quick job, I thought, but it took a lot of glue, and most of the small clamps John had in his shop. Now all that is left is cutting to the final size and sanding.
There was a visit from one of John’s neighbours who helps out often, they talked about the timber that was drying in the kiln. As it has not reached the required moisture content it would have to stay in for the weekend. I breathed a sign of relief because I had volunteered my chicken arms to help unload the stack.
Before leaving for the day John disappeared upstairs and emerged with an old wooden chair that he asked me to finish. I was only to happy to do this for him, he had already stripped it, making it a much simpler job.
On the way back to John’s home it poured with rain, the wet stuff that has been missing from Holland, it was very localised, the sky was still blue, and it made very little difference to the temperature.
I now know the journey to John’s house off by heart, so I don’t miss turnings any more.
By the time I got home there were some jobs I needed to do for the small dresser that Kelli worked on whilst I was away. I needed to make some short legs to life the thing a bit higher, once that was done I allowed myself to rest for the evening.
Another Lifetime to go 