Friday, May 23, 2008

Under carriage

I had planned on getting back onto paper today, but the final straight of cooking up and wire brushing a big batch of parts has left my arms a bit tingly. I think my time will be better spent giving myself a haircut this evening. The stack contains all the undercarriage parts and I am on the last stretch with the shaping of the backs too. The majority of the stack parts still need sanding back and polishing, but at least they are all scorched up. I did the back rail of the chair in the vice with a much smaller torch than usual and also damped it down to keep checking to a minimum. It looks like the part of the plan that I was most worried about should work OK and I may be on track for a glue up before the end of next week.