Another Corona edition of my little-read blog. I hope anyone finding this is well and doing OK in our interesting times. I’ve not done too much in the way of actual work in the last couple of weeks, instead I’ve been mainly focusing on my Open University degree (which is going well, thanks for asking). I did get a couple of photos from the other guys I usually share the workshop with who have been doing some socially distanced work installing some of the things that were cut pre-virus. You can see how the panelled room is coming along in the first two image below. The ceiling is looking really good and is now waiting for some moulded features that we’ll be carving (see below for more on that). The doors and carvings are also looking great, fully installed and painted. The next image is a beautiful pink rose that has bloomed outside the house and is one of the few photos I’ve taken in the last couple of weeks, the blossoms on all the trees have been a real visual plus on our daily walks and runs. The next image shows two signs my kids designed. This was a home-school project during lock-down, using the software I use (Vectric’s Aspire) they had to design and toolpath a sign each. I then took their toolpaths into the workshop last weekend (when it was empty) and machined the parts. These are shown as they currently are waiting to be sealed and then finish painted over this coming weekend. Lastly, today I actually did some paid work again. What was nice is I was able to do this at home - setting up files and toolpaths and emailing them to Tom in the workshop - you can see the Egg & Dart I programmed to be cut for the coffered ceiling shown earlier and then a full sheet of scalloped moulding that will also be part of the elaborate decoration on there. Getting the toolpaths done remotely for these was not too bad, there was a bit of going back and forth with messages but we worked it all out and it may now be the new normal for a while in terms of how we work to reduce human overlap in the workshop… Onward and upward, stay positive.
Custom Digital Wood & Art Works
