Yup, today was one of THOSE days. I made more fancy shaped firewood and lots of shavings than most other days. (insert music here, or just play this video while you read further)
First I started off with a grandchild piece of wood. That one mentioned in my previous entry. Where you get it for free (aka pain free, morning sickness free, just joys and toys) but just when you spent hours on it, the parting off tool catches and breaks a blade. Yup, it threw a tantrum and you want to give it back to the parents, quick-smart.
Now when you had 3 of these in a row, and the last piece was one of your very prized pieces of oak, it is sauna hot in the shed and you are tired and cranky and full of shavings that got into places you do not care to mention on an open forum, then you are ready to throw in the towel and call it a day. But there is daylight left, and since you can only run the lathe on days of full sunshine so that the solar panels can handle the electric pull and to ensure your power bill does not skyrocket, you power on (pun intended).
So you decide to saw that 3m piece into 30cm blocks, mark centers and turn the whole lot into rounds, ready for use another day.
And just before daylight fades or you get buried beneath wood shavings, whichever comes first, you stop, grab the broom and clean out the shed so that you have a fresh plate for tomorrow morning. Hopefully a nights sleep will cure your tool-slipping-ness and you get a nice breakky and not a dog's breakfast like today.
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