When M. came over late last week I told him optimistically, “I hope to have all the woodworking finished by the end of the week!”. It had been a good week up to that point and I was planning on just rolling along … Here’s what had gone so well up to a point: The [...]
Before gluing the panels together, it’s important to lay them out and see how they should be combined. Each length of board is different (which is one of the nice things about working with a natural material like wood); so, deciding which sections of board belong side-by-side works with this strength. Careful placement can allow [...]
Last week was taken up helping with the painting of the nave of Christ the Saviour Orthodox Church. This week, although there is still work to be done in the church, I really wanted to get some work done on the icon panels. Because of the substantial size of these icons I didn’t have enough [...]
