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Finally managed to have a few days with some clear time and no rain.
Not finished finished, but functionally finished.
Requires some tidying up and trimming here and there, some sanding, another coat of paint, Danish oil on the uprights.
Still deciding on whether to use dowels to glue and peg the front cross pieces in, or screw with fake dowel caps. The bottom screws holing the top to the step have very long screws for security that will be capped with fake dowels - so I'm not worried about honesty or anything. TBH it's a bit of a design fail as I should have put the crossbracing on the inside so the occupant would be pushing them in tighter rather than out.
Overall it feels like a bit of GCSE DT project, not properly square on one side and some pretty shoddy clearances in places. But I wanted to try out a couple of things like halflap joints, so it is what it is. Definitely gives a renewed appreciation for the skill required to use hand tools well.
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