That won't take me over an hour.

There are a hundred bits to cut for the long ladder, putting them about two feet apart.
That will be a longish job, for the spear shafts are of very tough wood.

However, I have a saw, and some oil, which will prevent it making a noise, and can make fairly quick work of it.

I have several tools, too.

I very often do carpentering jobs of all sorts--that is what first made the governor take to me.