I seem to have done a lot of work with 100mm x 22mm boards of various lengths this week. Having bought a few to make more benching in the polytunnel, I settled on some more for repairing an arbour seat belonging to some friends.

One advantage of working with a particular material more than once is you start to get better ideas of how to handle it. In this case, I’d figured out how to use my router to put a nice curve along the edges and so it was a relatively quick job to mill the planks down to do that rounding, safely, reliably and relatively quickly.

I did a dry fitting today and was pleased to find that they fitted well. Measuring and cutting can be a bit nerve wracking, particularly when the situation you are cutting for is too far away from the shed you operate your power tools in to double check in situ. It worked out though and now I just want to wait a week or two to let that boards dry a bit more before painting (I think a bit of dampness with treated wood is common as they are fairly fresh from the factory where they were dunked). However, I’m satisfied that I’ve got the pieces I need, all cut and shaped to fit. It should be a job well done when it is finished.