Having thought about it for quite some time, I have started building a prototype of the St Roy copy of the old German spring pole lathe. So far, I have done the layout for both sides and ripped the long side. The progressive rake sharpened panel saw excelled at the task. The mortises for the rails and stretcher have already been chopped on that side as well. If there are no big surprises, I should try turning a large wooden screw real soon. I also plan to turn new matching London pattern handles for all my chisels and oval handles for the old pig stickers. If I enjoy turning, I may also build a treadle lathe at some point in the future... I have plenty of space in the workshop now that we moved a few things around.
The other project this weekend was the annual reorganization of the workshop space. As my winter tenants have moved back out with the spring, we finally had a reason to totally clean the shop. We removed the last traces of IKEA furniture and replaced them with massive wood antique storage. The second workbench was moved under the window and can be used for joinery thanks to the holdfast. The third workbench will still see some use but I'm seriously considering decommissioning it and replacing it with a massive roubo-style bench... it was always a bit small and light for anything more than detail work.
On the furniture side, I have finally taken apart an antique table I wanted to renovate for quite some time. At some point, a previous owner had decided that nailing the top panel to the apron was the best idea ever. Needless to say, the panel split in four at the glue joint due to the seasonal wood movement. I have successfully removed the split panel with minimal damage and removed the long nails. Those were modern-style nails so I chucked them out, but there were quite a few small forged nails on the underside of the panel... it looks like somebody got tired of the wooden top and decided to permanently attach waxed fabric to the table at some point in the past. I have saved all those small nails as I may want to use them for another project ;) The old glue has been scraped and the panels marked. The next step will be to join the planks by pairs and glue them back together with hide glue. I will make the six table buttons while the glue is curing, then refinish the table bottom prior to attaching the top
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