pfollansbee posted: " chest parts cut I've been working on the chest-video series lately. I haven't made a chest in a couple of years so this is a lot of fun to do again. The past few days I've been catching up on the joinery - the video footage is shot but I had more join"
I've been working on the chest-video series lately. I haven't made a chest in a couple of years so this is a lot of fun to do again. The past few days I've been catching up on the joinery - the video footage is shot but I had more joints to cut before I can shoot the next steps.
chopping mortises
I probably spent most of 2 days shooting various angles on mortising so once that was done it seemed easy to just go in and cut mortises. But as soon as I thought how nice it was to work without the camera, I realized I could use some still shots. So back to the tripod and camera angles, etc. But it was still fun and much easier to shoot stills than video. What I blather about doesn't matter in still photos.
plowing panel grooves
Now I've got the whole front frame (and much of the two side frames) cut. Time to finish the videos on the front framing and then I go on to the front panels. Those I've never carved on video before. They're in the book Joiner's Work but this will give me a chance to delve more deeply into that pattern.
carving the panels
The only other thing is that it's May. Bird migration has begun for real here in New England. I've made a few short trips with our friend Marie to see what's coming in. Yesterday's haul included this wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) He was hard enough to find and I couldn't get him in any good light. His song is one of the wonders of spring in the woods.
wood thrush
And whenever we hear thrushes in the woods, we know we'll also hear and hopefully see, ovenbirds and towhees. This ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) looked me right in the eye (in the lens, I guess)
ovenbird
The eastern towhees (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) were all throughout the woods, as were the ovenbirds. Each spring lately I get what I call the "one-day towhee" here at the shop.
one day towhee
Our yard is not the right habitat for them, not enough woods. But last week, one came out from under the holly tree, as it does each year, for one day. Back & forth, scratching in the leaves and junk. Gone the next day.
And the Baltimore orioles (Icterus galbula) are everywhere. Including outside my shop window. And that means yet another camera in the shop, so I can be ready. Binoculars too for the far-away birds.
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