!!! SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

I think I see a wood sprite in that log. She is looking over her right shoulder.

I thoroughly enjoy the documentation here Stephen. Thanks for your dedication to to this experience log.
Though you have mentioned how much you love the Polaski, my sympathetic back aches to watch how much bending you are doing to break through the ground with that short tool. Any possibility that you could double the handle length with a customized "found" wooden handle and save your spine? Since you wouldn't use the axe end as much as the flat grub hoe blade, maybe a sharp iron grub hoe would help simplify the Complexity Trail. The 6" grub hoe is a lifesaver for me in clay/sand. The 4" might be more similar to the Polaski blade for tough ground.
Happy trails!

Stephen B. Thomas wrote:Geoffrey, Seth, and Jared look down on our patient during a rare flat-lined moment. Can we resuscitate? Should we resuscitate...?!?!?

Oh no, did a tenon snap off entirely, or what went wrong?

Coydon Wallham wrote:Oh no, did a tenon snap off entirely, or what went wrong?

It just became wobbly to an incredible degree. But the pine pitch worked quite well to bring it back again. I think we're working on the second one today, and will possibly build another chair next week, with pine pitch as part of the original assembly process.

Stephen B. Thomas wrote:

Coydon Wallham wrote:Oh no, did a tenon snap off entirely, or what went wrong?

It just became wobbly to an incredible degree. But the pine pitch worked quite well to bring it back again. I think we're working on the second one today, and will possibly build another chair next week, with pine pitch as part of the original assembly process.

Remembering back to Proenicke day a few years ago, "draw pegging" was designated as a 'V2.0' implementation and I think would give a good mechanical solution to that issue...