The first days before the great power outage of July 13th, our first job was to build the four corner posts of the footstool, but laying out mortises and then cutting them out.
Laying out the location of mortises
Classmate Matt (also from California) using the dedicated mortise cutter
Then it came down to laying out the tenons:
Laying out the location and dimensions of the tenons
However, due to there being NO POWER on Wednesday the 14th (the day after the storm), we had to cut the tenons by hand. Were there electricity, we would have cut the tenons on a dado saw and/or a band saw. Instead, we had to revert to the old handsaw.
Cutting tenons by hand in the dark
Woodworking entirely with handtools after being accustomed to powertools, is equivalent to having to to all calculations by hand after being used to a calculator. It's torture. Plus, precision is much more difficult with handtools and I am not precise by nature. My hand cut tenons SUCKED, but luckily there are ways to remedy that and tenons are hidden from view when the piece is assembled.
I WANT THE POWER TO COME BACK ON!! I WANT MY POWER TOOLS!!!!
Then it came down to laying out the tenons:
However, due to there being NO POWER on Wednesday the 14th (the day after the storm), we had to cut the tenons by hand. Were there electricity, we would have cut the tenons on a dado saw and/or a band saw. Instead, we had to revert to the old handsaw.
Woodworking entirely with handtools after being accustomed to powertools, is equivalent to having to to all calculations by hand after being used to a calculator. It's torture. Plus, precision is much more difficult with handtools and I am not precise by nature. My hand cut tenons SUCKED, but luckily there are ways to remedy that and tenons are hidden from view when the piece is assembled.
I WANT THE POWER TO COME BACK ON!! I WANT MY POWER TOOLS!!!!
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