The following is my current log for the course.
Tue 28 Sep 2004 Anthony Reid Attended
Corfe Hills School
Took With Me
  • Tools
  • Wood from last session
  • Class Log

    Having got stuck in a long traffic jam on the A31, I was almost late for my class. It meant I had to drive to class to get their on time. Once there, Anthony gathered us around and showed us a set of his tools - spoke shaves, planes, and various chisels and saws. He went through how to sharpen the tools again. He then went on to show the newer people how to do the mortice and tenon joint. Last week, he showed all of us how to do the tenon, for this joint, but not the mortice. I carried on with my tenon expecting Anthony to be showing the other guys how to do that. But he demonstrated how to make the mortice. I missed the beginning of this, but fortunately he went over it briefly with someone who had to returned from an urgent call to work. Unfortunately, the classroom lacks enough mortice chisels, so I ended up waiting around most of the lesson for one of these - which I never did get my hands on. Anthony went on to explain to those who'd finished their mortice and tenon, how to make a dovetail. I was only overhearing this explanation, really, as I was also trying to keep in the queue for the chisel. Anyway, come the end of the lesson I still had no mortice made, and wasn't entirely sure of the dovetail. It's pretty awkward there not being enough tools for the class. I won't be there next week, as I am in a conference.

    Things Learnt
  • Mortice for mortice and tenon joint
  • Dovetail (vaguely)
  • Made 2004