After finally getting a place to do some woodworking, I wanted to make some small piece of furniture as a test to myself of what I was able to make. One of the things I wish I had was a footrest to our old recliner at the cabin, and as it was quite simple in its design, I thought it was a nice thing to make. I only used hand tools for this project, except for the sewing machine for the pillow.
When I took up woodworking and bought some chisels a while back, I got slightly disappointed. The chisels were OK, but not as sharp as I would have liked. I have three vintage Stanley planes. Two of them were really sharp upon arriving, but they had also become duller over time. So it was time to get into sharpening
After some investigation I bought diamond plates as they were an easy start. I also bought a jig to hold chisels and plane blades.
I live in a flat in a city, and having a workshop was off the table. We also own a cabin where we spend most weekends. The cabin has an annex, and last year we had it insulated. This gave us an extra room for several things: My son plays (electrical) drums there on his old drum set, and we also work from the cabin from time to time, so an office was a nice addition. But I wanted a workshop, like I always hoped to get one day.
Both my grandfathers made this puzzle and other wood puzzles in their time. My mom call them “trasbokk” in Norwegian (something like “a difficult thing”). As I am still quite inexperienced to woodworking, I thought it might be a fun project to make one myself.
