Week two started a little late for a couple of us – Janice and I didn’t get back from the DC/Maryland trip until Monday afternoon. James was busy for the week, so from Tuesday to the weekend it was mostly Janice, Chris, and me. I did a bunch of carving and drawing, Janice started using the Shopbot and making staves for some experiments, and Chris wrapped up not one but TWO plane projects!
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Chris has several projects lined up for the summer, and brought in some chip carving samples to think about
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The Fore Plane complete! Chris is really interested in the size, shape and location of the tote on this – offset so that you can keep part of your hand on the side of the plane as you push it.
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A thing of beauty – and it works beautifully!
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Chris’ second plane is a large router, the knife and metal components come from a kit, but he made the body. The blade is straight, making it much easier to sharpen than a regular router plane blade!
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Chris at work
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Meanwhile, Janice started working on some experiments with angled and tapered staves.
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And playing with patterns on the shopbot!!
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I got a little set up in my room for the summer, so that I can write and draw and paint
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And started carving on some little friends!
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There we go, now it looks like something
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Also finding time to do drawings and illustrations