Back from Canada, and - of course - now busy again with the printmaking work. But I'd like to keep this construction work proceeding too, bit by bit. Here's the next small step - attaching small curved pieces to the end of each of the roof pieces that have just been installed.
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I'm thinking that once the insulation and vapor barrier are in place, I'll finish off the ceiling with a series of thin lath-type strips screwed in place, and I'd like those to curve round these joints instead of coming to an abrupt end.
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How did I cut those pieces? With my little 'dendo itonoko' ... When we moved to Japan in the mid '80s, we were pretty tight for money, and I made lots of wooden toys as a kind of side business. There was no way I could afford to buy a 'real' jigsaw (tools were so expensive back then!), so I scavenged a motor from the scrap yard, and made one. Here's a little video of it in operation ...
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