Sharp Chisel

A sharp chisel is a great thing until you stupidly jab it into your finger.

Wood River #7 Bench Plane

So here is what my new #7 plane did wright out of the box. All I did was wipe off the shipping grease and adjust the depth of cut, put a zig zag of wax on the bed and went to town. I'm so impressed so far with this tool.
I'll be using these planes on a new project so I hope to get a good feel for them.
I finished the bookcases and will have a few photos of that in a day or so.

Confession

I said I'd nevvvvver put a piece of this furniture in my home but this past week my wife showed up all smiles and proudly said, I bought a chest of drawers from a super store from Sweden will you put it together? I have to now say that I'll be turning in my Woodworkers club card.
This thing looks good until you see how it goes together. I said as I completed it, I will never be putting another one of these together in my house again. I know that projects sometimes take some time to complete but I don't care how long it takes, this is the last piece from the super store from Sweden that comes into this house!!!

Bookcases

The cases are done except for the paint, now for the box/bench to go between them.

Bookcases and bench Project

Here are a few photos of how things are progressing on this new project.
I'm nearing the completion of one of the two bookcases and hoping to get going on the bench seat in a few days.
Things are taking so long for this project, but that's basically how most of my projects go. Time just isn't there to get things done.

This one and the next photo are of the carcass glueing with just about all of my Bessey clamps being used.

This next photos shows the face frame glueing with all my clamps being used.

These next photos are showing the detail of the face frame, the base details and just the overall progress.

 

 Here is one of the cases with its base finished. I still need to decide how I want the crown molding to look for the tops but that is a job for another day.


And yes my work space is very messy please forgive me.