I was also contemplating my elm plank which was to be my next big project as an indoor bench. I had discovered it was still being eaten by woodworm since my last inspection, as many new holes had appeared. It was decided that I could put legs on it after it was treated by Gudrun, but it'll be left at the wood. I was very reluctant to use this as a piece I might want to sell despite having cleaned most of the surface and crevices up. I've had a very unpleasant experience with woodworm treatment and a cowboy builder in the past, and the thought of going near that stuff again makes me simply nauseous.

Sunday was one of those days when you think you shouldn't be in the workshop, when accidents keep happening for whatever reason. I gave myself a bang on the forehead with the back of an axe handle which slipped out of a log I was moving. Later an egg came up and I was likened to the Klingon Lt.Worf out of Star Trek. Not a good look! I was not dizzy and was functioning reasonably normally as far as I could tell.
On returning from the wood I looked up Frontal Lobe on Wikipedia, it says:
"The executive functions of the frontal lobes involve the ability to recognize future consequences resulting from current actions, to choose between good and bad actions (or better and best), override and suppress unacceptable social responses, and determine similarities and differences between things or events. Therefore, it is involved in higher mental functions."
I should therefore warn you that anything I do from now on may or may not be socially acceptable ... and no change there then... just tell me if I overstep the mark please?
Shortly after this happened I managed to scrape a gash in my leg. Time to have a cup of tea... and move away from the sharp objects Liz...
On Monday morning I got up early and turned a 'nice' sycamore bowl. It was nice in that it was deep and thin, although I'm not entirely sure my finish is improving on the inside. I seem to get a good finish on the outside, but loose it a bit on the inside. I also came across my two problem areas yet again. (At least I've identified them now.) Getting the rim right and leaving it alone once you start carving out the inside of the bowl - (hence numerous knife marks in the rim) and then cutting out the cone, which is still too fat and chunky to break off easily. I watched Robin Woods you tube video (Masterclass: Robin & Michail share skills ) and see them just snapping the bowl off like a biscuit.
Anyway I gave this bowl to Ro as a present since she was doing a brill job as Vegan cook this week. She was making beetroot risotto and we discussed dying the bowl with the beetroot, just out of interest. It didn't happen though.


The most striking design was the double arched back seat seen in the center of the group photo. Happiness in the workshop all round it seems.
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Hang on a minute..what's Ro holding? |
This is Sarah's ladderback with slatted seat.
This was an attempt to make two spoons from a turned blank of sycamore. It wasn't quite going to plan.. we'll see if Ro made anything out of it next time.
Lastly, we've had such lovely evenings lately, if any of you are wondering about whether camping in the woods is all it's cracked up to be, well it is...this is sometimes the best bit - watching the campfire glow and watching the stars come out.
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