Paul Saffold
04-08-2012, 10:23 PM
A neander build except for using the bandsaw to freehand cut the circular tops. First is of s.yellow pine leftovers from my workbench build, with 8 sided legs. Top is about 1 1/4" thick. Finished with 2 coats of milk paint followed with 3 coats of Waterlox sealer/finish. Both are a first for me. Supposedly the Waterlox will lose a bit of it's shine after a month or so. I hope so. Then I plan to wax it with wax tinted with a little brown shoe polish unless I hear from someone that it isn't such a good idea.
2nd verse same song except I used w oak, round legs and no finish - it's going out on the deck. Another first for me was success with a #80 scraper. I bought it new a lot of years ago but never spent any time properly sharpening it. So I went from making dust to actual shavings. It took care of the wicked tearout I was getting at some of the swirly grain. I made a mistake by using 5 minute epoxy when gluing up the top. I got a little failure at the glue line either when I hammered the legs into the top, or, less likely, when I hammered in the wedges. Time will tell if it ends up in the firewood pile.
Any how they were a fun build. A few (maybe too many) pictures. Comments and suggestions welcome. Thanks for looking. Paul
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A freshly sharpened bit and test holes.
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2nd verse same song except I used w oak, round legs and no finish - it's going out on the deck. Another first for me was success with a #80 scraper. I bought it new a lot of years ago but never spent any time properly sharpening it. So I went from making dust to actual shavings. It took care of the wicked tearout I was getting at some of the swirly grain. I made a mistake by using 5 minute epoxy when gluing up the top. I got a little failure at the glue line either when I hammered the legs into the top, or, less likely, when I hammered in the wedges. Time will tell if it ends up in the firewood pile.
Any how they were a fun build. A few (maybe too many) pictures. Comments and suggestions welcome. Thanks for looking. Paul
229040
229041
A freshly sharpened bit and test holes.
229043
229049
229050