It's chair building time. First thing in the morning I tried to help Jeff use his email to send an estimate for a gutter project to a client. I love the guy, but he's worse than my grandma on the computer. We then headed over to Home Depot to pick up some roof tiles for a little old lady (95+) that Jeff does house work for. Then it was back to Jeff's/the shop and time to get crankin on the adirondack chairs. We had pretty much all the pieces cut for two chairs except for the slats that make up the back and that make up the seat. I spent the morning cutting the seat-boards on the table saw and later Walt did the boards for the back. But after all the pieces were cut, one GIANT job remained, and that was to route all the pieces. "To route" is to make the edges of a board rounded.

A router, albeit with a much larger bit, was used to soften the edges of this box I found on google images.

Different router bits can be used to produce different kinds of edges.

I used a bit probably most similar to the green one picture here for a simple round edge. Anyways, after lots of routing and then some drilling (with a lunch break at Giraldi's thrown in there somewhere), We were done with the parts and it was time to assemble. We started by drilling the boards from the seat onto the sides using a little glue and the screws. Then we put on the front legs and then the supports on the back that will hold up the back part of the chair.

Here's how far we got!

I'm regretting not taking woodshop in high school. It's very satisfying to see something I mostly made come together like this. And (I at least think) it looks good.

Hopefully we'll finish both chairs up on the final day of this project/internship/thing.

Tool of the Day: Rockler Router Table. This is basically a table with a vaccum attached to it and a little router sticking up out of it. Look at the picture below and mentally remove the black plasic things and push the guide boards back from the little black circle. I mostly just freehanded it I guess you would call it, while standing at that table for hours. Just me, the router bit whirring faster than the eye can detect, and the wood's sharp edge to be conquered.