I’m alive, and the Apa is Arg!

Hell-o my friendly readers. Please forgive me for being absent for four months. As you may remember the workshop is packed in crates (and heaps) and other stuff is going on. We’ve moved to a new apartment, one of those bog standard ones with no workshop, and we’re building a new house nay an entire homestead. 

But when packing stuff away earlier this summer I stumbled upon that fine mahogany bookcase I got from a friend, and I’ve been longing to start working on it. So I chose two pieces with fine grain and cut the edges and ends square. Then I set the kerfing plane and started. 

First pic. Remember the frame saws? I built the wee one myself with a blade from Badaxe Toolworks. The huge one I bought at a flea market. 

Here you can see the grain. The length of the boards makes it possible to make one piece rims for sopranos, that is my preference these days. Tops and backs will of cöurse be one piece. 



Slicing off the bead at the front edge…



… and cutting the ends square. 



My shopmade kerfing plane takes a while to set up. I want to slice these into three pieces. 



The outer pieces will be 4 mm, the middle piece slightly thicker. This will give me some wiggle room. 



The cuts will go around all four edges to steer the frame saw blade, I will continue next time I’m at the cottage. 



And the homestead project then: