Pleased also that completion did not involve purchase of supplies; timber, ironmongery, brassware or anything else. In fact, the improvised design of the lid, in two parts held together after the fashion of a children's toy, did not involve any hinges at all - and no fastenings beyond the screws, a cup hook (back, visible) and an eye hook (front, invisible). All of which were to hand. And FIL would have been pleased as the slightly elastic, white shoe lace holding the two parts of the top together was recycled from what had been his supply of such things. Odd how shoe laces so often seem to outlast the shoes that they came with or were procured for. Lid shown improbably open to show off the interior.
Lift front to see how the proving is going, lift front and top to move the proved bread.
Currently wondering about the wisdom of varnish. For, it would harden the surface of the timber against the knocks of working life to come. Against, traces of glue may spoil the appearance of the varnish and fumes from the varnish, certainly while fresh, may taint the proving bread. We shall reflect.
PS: the improvised design of the lid also brushed over any difficulties which might otherwise have arisen from my cutting, at times, a millimetre or so wide of the proper line. Nicely illustrating the flexibility of in-house work. Had parts of the work been contracted out, the contractors would have had to have been held to their proper lines, otherwise nothing would have fitted together. Related to the issue of the council grass contractors doing their their ten cuts a year, come storm, rain or snow. They have to be held to their lines too: anything is better than actually having to supervise the work.
Reference 1: https://psmv3.blogspot.com/2018/07/diy.html.
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