One of the items I bought on my last shopping trip and forgot to mention was a new hand planer. My wife likes it because it's one of the few tools she knows how to use, and she has nostalgic memories of her late father's hand planer. I like it because it has an extremely old school feel and provides the instant gratification of really working the wood hands on like few other tools can provide.
So I spent a little while the morning the next day with this fun little guy, getting familiar with the weight of it and how it feels in my hand, and re-familiarizing myself with how to use it. About an hour and a half and a glorious scattering of wood shavings later, everything looks good!
The next step is to figure out how I want to make the safety rails and get those attached. I have an old crib that I'm thinking about chopping up and using, but I'm not exactly sure how at this point...
After that, staining!
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