The artiste returns

William (timber framer and ébéniste) was measuring the kitchen for cabinets last week when I mentioned the porch going up. He mumbled something about doing the notching for the porch. Later in the week, I mumbled something to Alex about Willy doing the notching, and Alex mumbled something about Willy doing the notching on site. Well, the deck was going up the morning of June 2, so I called Willy on the evening of June 1 to confirm ... too much mumbling going on ... Willy hadn't heard about it.

Fortunately, he came out and did the notching, bringing all his tools with him. It means that the frame of the porch will be as nice as the frame inside. When we got back from delivering our first load of planks to Cowansville, Will was halfway though the job. We got one shot of him in action, and one of him looking at the camera. I didn't get pictures of all the specialized tools he had along, but you can see his giant chisel and giant circular saw here. It's quite a specialized craft with specialized tools.

Unfortunately, we did not get the porch up and will have to wait until next week before we see the final product. I can hardly wait.