Going to Build

Hi Everyone,

Well, Ive gotten the framework for the kantele cut out and glued in place:



...and heres the top after a preliminary sanding:


While I was waiting for the glue to dry, I made and screwed up a birch spoon so I decided to make it into a salad fork and it kinda worked. I dont know why I havent made a fork before. This came out a little ragged looking but I may return to this at a later day. Im going to avoid the deep tines you see here:


And here are some spoons that are almost finished and one out of apple wood which is ready to be carved:

And Ive damaged two of my carving gouges today. One I dropped on the concrete floor and the cutting edge of the other chipped while I was carving a spoon bowl. I tried to fix the one I dropped and it didnt work out. I may have to send this out for sharpening. The other one has a very deep chip and Im not sure what Im going to do with this.

Anyway, Im finished for the day. Tomorrow Ill sand the kantele some more and Monday Ill look into the pins and strings for it.

More Later,

VW

I planned on working on the table some more this last weekend but we got a last minute invite to bring the family out to Lake Havasu so we spent the weekend out there.  I managed to carve out an hour on Friday while my 2 year old was taking a nap and do some sanding.  This is the first serious sanding I have done on anything and I was amazed at just how long it actually took.  Everything has now been sanded down to 120 grit.  I am hoping to get the legs and aprons glued together this week and do some finish sanding and staining this weekend.