Today I sanded the 2nd hood side and put both the sides aside. Then I setup the band saw and tested that out. The pieces I cut on this will need a lot of work - mostly sanding. Then, I went back to my design plans and reviewed the next-step which is to build the support arches for the hood top. You may recall back when I was building the large cove moulding, that I concluded that there are no economical router bits that big. So the answer was to use a 100-year-old $30 hand cove plane. Recently, I have had a similar dilemma. I needed a large drawing compass and couldn't find any anywhere that were large enough. So I started looking for buckets and lamp shades, etc. I had even tried to pick up what is called a beam compass. But neither Lowes nor Home Depot had that either. So, today I made my own out of a strip of wood, a screw and measured holes. It took about 20 minutes. This is EXACTLY how it would have been done 100 years ago. I have 4 arch sizes. And now I have a customized measuring stick that will give me all 4 of the arches.
My grandkids and several of my children arrive for the weekend so no more work until Monday when I begin making the support arches. click on photos to enlarge. Thanks for visiting!
My grandkids and several of my children arrive for the weekend so no more work until Monday when I begin making the support arches. click on photos to enlarge. Thanks for visiting!