Just a quick note on the new project. Ten days ago I posted about how much trouble the wood gave me because of warps and twists in my plank of Bloodwood. Well, today I can say that it was well worth the effort.

It’s really nice when things go exactly according to plan. When I started working with my raw lumber a couple of weeks ago, I had visions of the chassis being a major task. It took considerably more effort than normal just to get those four pieces of square and true lumber to build the chassis. But I’m really glad I was patient and put in the effort. Because the rest of the chassis cutting and assembly went flawlessly.

Once I had the square and true blanks, all the additional joinery and shaping went very smoothly. Personally I think the chassis looks pretty good.

I spent yesterday morning carefully cutting and fitting the metal blanks for the top and bottom.

Now I need to start marking up the metal in preparation for all the drilling. Looks like a few hours this afternoon will be spent standing in front of my drill press.

This is a nice reminder to not rush the tedious parts of the job trying to get to the fun stuff. Because I took the time to really work with the wood to get the blanks correct, the chassis not only went together easily, but it is perfectly square and true. Which makes all the follow on effort that much easier.

As always, questions and comments are welcome.