#handtoolmaking

Spent a little time yesterday getting started on the motices for the table legs. They're a little sloppy, I really need to watch my technique, but I'm not unhappy with the results so far. Only 6 more to do.

Stock preparation. Slow but worthwhile work. Wishing I didn't have to strip the paint off of these boards but beggars can't be choosers.

Long day. Spent most of it stripping paint of of these old wooden panels. Not the most pleasant work in the world. The results are pretty good though. This stuff is going to look great once it's all finished up

Free wood from the office, which is currently being renovated. Hopefully these pieces will become the top of a desk for the wife. Hopefully

Preparing stock for the legs of my dining table. This is going to be a long, slow and tricky build as the table is over 8' long and my bench is closer to 4'.

Got some time to work on fitting a face vice to my bench this weekend, all in all I'm not unhappy with how it's looking. Still need to cut the front of the vice to the right size, but all this seems to be shaping ok.

Almost done, just need to find a suitable handle for the draw

Got a bit of time today so put together this shooting board. Looks great and came together nicely. Only problem is that the fence is not quite square so I'll probably need to buy a shoulder plane in order to rectify the situation.