Walnut
Plywood
The dog judges the quality of her life by how easily she can see out the front window. Her cushion wasn’t nearly tall enough, so she needed a solution.
The first step was to create a jig so I could cut the legs at an angle to match the legs of the sofa already in the living room.
Next I decided to use a joint I had never tried before, called a castle joint. Getting a deep cut in the legs proved to be challenging. I ended up boring the centers out with a drill press and chiseling out the rest. It never even occurred to me to try to do the cuts with a handsaw.
I found the process challenging and rewarding, but I’m not sure the dog was as impressed.