A steady but slower day. My voice is too tired to sing.
I started by staining the alcove shelf parts, and cutting some veneer to cover the new cuts near the floor. It will look fine, better than I’d originally planned. Then I drilled right into the base and screwed in some huge (80mm, I think) screws. These can be unscrewed to act as legs to adjust the exact floor. I'm still unsure if the size of anything is too large or too small, I haven't yet tested this in place. There might be 1 or 2mm, at most, in it.
The next job here was the dowel joints. These are not at all load bearing, even gravity would work, but I want a hidden joint. My new dowel jig might work perfectly on paper, but it can never be exact in real life, so I've cheated with an easier solution which will (should!) give a perfect joint too. I've fitted a 6mm dowel but drilled an 8mm hole. This gives enough wobble room to allow for exact adjustment, and even room to shave the wood down a millimetre from each edge if needed.
To glue the joint, I'll inject hot-melt glue in the 8mm hole, giving me extreme strength, and enough adjustment time to hold the joint in the perfect place as it sets over about 30 seconds. After that, I can pull the dowel apart, pulling it out from the other socket, then use wood glue. This should give a perfect fit.
Then, work on my other Christmas song, 'Will You Be My Snowflake'. It went to plan, though it is somewhat short at around 90 seconds long, though that's still longer than Queen's 'Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon'. I've added a synth clarinet in homage to 'When I'm Sixty-Four'. I need to record new backing vocals as I've changed their arrangement to be more of a complement. I'm pleased with all of the intricate parts here. I'm unsure what I'll actually do with it, it may become a B-Side, or an album track.
Other work consisted of more preparations for the album, preparations for the 'Compose Yourself' event for the 23rd October, and work for a fancy new listing on the Galleria Balmain website.
