Moving In Day

Well, we are back. The Olympics over the road  may have filled a few hours but nothing soothes the need to saw, plane or pare until you are back at the bench, and that's just were we were all headed today. From the wide open space and clear bench tops you see today, this space will shortly be transformed into a hive of activity as we all get our cabinetmaking on.

A few hours was pretty much enough time for everyone to stash their tools and get settled in, so once we complete the mandatory start of term induction shennanigans, it's all systems go to make some furniture. Wood will be hewn, mortisi will be mortised, grooves will be planed (or routered, depending on which way you swing).

There'll laughter along the way, there'll probably be a few tears too (most likely during glueing up) - but as long as there are some tight tenons, drop dead gorgeous dovetails and fine finishes by the end of the year, we'll have been doing something right.