Al Navas
01-26-2009, 8:18 AM
From my blog:
Now I start the full-size table. This table will be 2X the size of this one I shared here, and submitted to the Winter 2009 Woodworking Awards at Lumberjocks:
http://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/table-knot-3.png
But I will change the edge treatment as follows:
http://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/bevel-router-vs-hand.png
I want to be able do preliminary grain matching, before cutting the boards closer to size. Since at this stage I am *not* flattening the boards, the #3 is perfect and fast for the job:
http://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/planing-to-see-grain.png
Rough boards are not perfectly flat, so my planing stop did not do its job. Time to bring out something more substantial - the Gramercy holdfast - one good WHACK!, and I can resume planing:
http://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/gramercy-holdfast.png
Cleaned up, so I could use the floor to match the boards before cutting them to length plus about 6 inches:
http://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/shavings-to-see-grain.pnghttp://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/shavings-to-see-grain-199x300.png
Now I can better match the boards, and decide where to cut them:
http://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/getting-best-board-match.pnghttp://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/getting-best-board-match-161x300.png
Once cut, I use the power jointer and planer to make these perfectly flat. The edges needed a little tweaking, so I used the "other" jointer, to create a little "spring" in the joint, to minimize the risk of gaps developing near the ends of the table; the boards in the clamps are already done, and the surface between them is perfectly flat; but I still must do the third and fourth boards:
http://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/tweaking-third-board-edge.png
At the end of the day I * had * to peek at the grain on one of the boards for the aprons:
http://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/apron-qswo.png
The build continues... Thanks for following along!
.
Now I start the full-size table. This table will be 2X the size of this one I shared here, and submitted to the Winter 2009 Woodworking Awards at Lumberjocks:
http://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/table-knot-3.png
But I will change the edge treatment as follows:
http://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/bevel-router-vs-hand.png
I want to be able do preliminary grain matching, before cutting the boards closer to size. Since at this stage I am *not* flattening the boards, the #3 is perfect and fast for the job:
http://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/planing-to-see-grain.png
Rough boards are not perfectly flat, so my planing stop did not do its job. Time to bring out something more substantial - the Gramercy holdfast - one good WHACK!, and I can resume planing:
http://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/gramercy-holdfast.png
Cleaned up, so I could use the floor to match the boards before cutting them to length plus about 6 inches:
http://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/shavings-to-see-grain.pnghttp://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/shavings-to-see-grain-199x300.png
Now I can better match the boards, and decide where to cut them:
http://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/getting-best-board-match.pnghttp://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/getting-best-board-match-161x300.png
Once cut, I use the power jointer and planer to make these perfectly flat. The edges needed a little tweaking, so I used the "other" jointer, to create a little "spring" in the joint, to minimize the risk of gaps developing near the ends of the table; the boards in the clamps are already done, and the surface between them is perfectly flat; but I still must do the third and fourth boards:
http://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/tweaking-third-board-edge.png
At the end of the day I * had * to peek at the grain on one of the boards for the aprons:
http://sandal-woodsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/apron-qswo.png
The build continues... Thanks for following along!
.