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| it began with a pile of salvaged orillia cherry tree wood! |
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| finding the pieces that fit together best |
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| gord explains basic saw safety to me, worriedly |
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| loading the wood into the truck to go get it planed in town |
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| this is brian. he let us use his planing machine |
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| uncle gord, wood planer extraordinaire |
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| after we straightened and sanded the wood, we glued the planks together |
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| and then used this bar clamp to force the boards to love each other |
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| gord forces the love |
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| i took this photo to show how hard i yanked this crank. unfortunately, photography failed to capture the awe-inspiring brute strength of my muscles. |
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| when the glue pops up like this, it's a good sign - it means you've clamped the boards nice and tight |
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| we are the clampions |
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| AWWW YEAH |
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| sanding that shit down |
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| mrs. sandman, bring me a dream |
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| the tiny army tank of sanding |
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| mr. sandman, bring me another dream. but a different one, this time, OK? |
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| GRACIE!!!! |
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| GRACE 'N BOOTS |
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| taking the glued wood to be planed a second time |
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| gord gets high on fumes |
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| the saw OF DEATH |
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| the wood emerges victorious from the planer, smooth as BALLS! |
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| AS BALLS, I SAID! |
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| brian introduces the wood to some "sandpaper on steroids" |
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| now we have to glue the two halves of the table together |
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| but she's looking pretty damn good so far! (a stand-back-and-admire-it shot) |
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| getting the two sides straight with an orbital sander |
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| yeah, they're not so straight yet |
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| behold! she is glued and clamped like a wolf who's also a medical doctor! (or something else that rules) |
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| I AM CRANKING SO HARD. nobody knows what it takes to be me. |
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| mixing sawdust and glue to put in the cracks |
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| testing out some different stains |
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