Monday, October 25, 2004
Chainsaw carpentry
I'm in the process of changing the staircase in one of the gites, Poire, to something a bit more comfortable. The new oak staircasehas been ordered and is due to arrive in about three weeks, so I thought I better pull my finger out and get the new hole in the first floor finished and hopefully repair and re-decorate the mess created by removing the old stairs and cutting bigger holes in the floor.
The new opening is much larger (longer) and I needed to put a transverse beam across between the existing beams for a fixing. After messing about with a hand saw and puny power tools trying to cut a 22cm by 15cm oak beam, I decided to only thing for it was the chainsaw. Fantastic, slices right through and makes carpentry quite enjoyable.
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Chainsaw carpentry
