In the Groove

I've got to the 'messy' part of the stairs now.  Yesterday I cut the sides to size, which involved more brain power as, because the beam on the 'bridge' isn't parallel to the step in the hall, one of the sides of the stairs is longer than the other.

So today I've been routing the slots for the treads in the first side.

These slots will have to be finished with a chisel but, as we've friends coming for lunch on Sunday, the housekeeper wants the dust to have settled before then!  And there's lots of dust!!!!

You'll notice that I'm wearing goggles.  I was getting dust and chips of wood in the eye so I thought it would be prudent to put the goggles on.  In doing so I blew into them to remove any dust, and the dust flew up into my eye!!!  So much for Health and Safety.