I spent Sunday in my workshop…not alone for once. My friend came over to use my tools, she is making a set of wooden blocks in a box for her nephews first birthday.
My project was the chairs, I got my plans out and began cutting. All the cuts are straight or angles on the mitre saw, but the back rails were the tricky part. For strength I designed them as one piece with a straight section for the back then turned 150 degrees to form the back leg. To save money, I was planning to get 4 pieces out of a 2x8x8 board. This proved hard to do; the pieces would have to overlap and could not just be run through the table saw. My friend suggested we stand on either side of the table saw and slowly lower the board down, allowing us to cut in the centre without going in from an end. It worked great and I was able to rough cut all the pieces, and then do a more precise cut once all 4 were separated.
Unfortunately 2 people with saws and sander going for 6 hours creates a lot of dust. We both spent the day with our noses running and I ended up with sinus pain for the evening. The next morning I got a nosebleed. I’m finally convinced that we do need a dust collection machine as my husband has been saying for the past few months.
And now we know: having someone working in the shop with me is fun but takes coordination of how many things are plugged in/turned on on each electrical circuit. Also black wood makes the nastiest sanding dust and gets on everything.
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