Dining table build

[Brian Holcombe]

I need a break from the 'my widget is superior' threads, even though I do enjoy them on the whole.

This is a dining table I'm building;
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/1290EA5A-A6DE-4106-B0EA-0EF7082B4125_zpspjxza5be.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/126B603B-B040-4D91-8850-7250742D6058_zpsxqoh5fsm.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/1668CFDB-BA4F-43AD-88A8-088D0A5A012F_zps0ywp0cl8.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/9C8B7BB0-E402-40A9-A1E5-1DE926CB21B9_zpsfi88slbf.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/14BB5A16-3077-460F-913C-2D723952051B_zpscnc7kfgl.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/034219A3-A609-4524-949D-B344DE55D3B3_zpsfoxryhkt.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/A2CAC032-E1F5-4812-BCDA-CF80BD6E598A_zpsso4xq25r.jpg
This is just a mock up, only one has a flattened underside in this pic.
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/A455911E-EC5C-422D-8139-4FE94B3EE177_zps1rhqf9ka.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/93E28982-EA22-4332-9478-9156782B5DD1_zpsamd1bs5w.jpg

[Patrick Bernardo]

Nice. What kind of wood? I'd love to find boards that wide and thick with that much character.

Also, I wouldn't know how to deal with the board on the left that has that checking and crack down the middle. Will it split? How will you handle that?

[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks Patrick. Both the top and base are white ash.

I'm going to use a dutchman to keep the split from getting worse. There was enough leftover from the slabs that I will be able to make myself a coffee table as well.

[Brian Holcombe]

Few more pics floating around;

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/69DFCD11-1215-485F-91EC-6FD653ACD68B_zpsiobfdkgc.jpg

Underside of the half-lap joint;

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/00BFFA51-41B2-4388-A0F3-AA7133348BDB_zpsdduxcugg.jpg

[Chris Griggs]

Whats with the Klaus workbench and all those silly LN tools???....my bench Fortune/Nelson bench and my Veritas tools are way better...hahahahah only kidding, of course!


I love build threads! Looking forward to seeing this progress! Look great so far!

[Brian Holcombe]

Watch with the generalisations, one of those planes is ECE! :p.

still a lot up in the air, I'm not sure if I will leave the half laps open or capture them with some addition to the joinery.

[Christopher Charles]

Looks good, thanks for posting a build thread.

But too bad it's not on a roubo with vintage tools. (also ha ha ha..)

How are you planning to mate the top to the base?

Cheers,
C

[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks Christopher, I plan to attach it with overlapping battens that mate together with tapered dowel pins.


Ps. Roubo, shmoubo.

[Steve Voigt]

I somehow missed this thread earlier. Nice looking project! Nice wood! Nice shop and tools!
There's just too much niceness here…I better go read some bile and acrimony on some of the other threads. :p
OK seriously, looking forward to seeing how this build progresses.

- Steve

[Christopher Charles]

Ah the schmoubo's on me indeed, as i went french despite a strong dose of scand blood...

[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks Steve!

Alright a few more details to post.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/FABC0DEC-2977-4552-BEA8-444B22575825_zpstnegmypf.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/B809861D-BCB0-40B4-AB95-D1E19C57BC3B_zps6eyuycbl.jpg

[Tony Parent]

Very cool! Your table will look great when done. Here's a table I recently finished. Almost all Neander. (Except for the chainsaw mill I used to mill the original boards, and that I had someone run the top through a wide belt sander to finish flattening it after I go tired of the scrub and jack planes...)

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?216343-Maple-live-edge-table




How are you planning to mate the top to the base?I plan to attach it with overlapping battens that mate together with tapered dowel pins.
That's essentially how I did it as well...

I noticed you had a bow-tie in one board to help stablize the crack/knot area. Are you planning on filling around it with epoxy or is that the underside only? You mentioned a dutchman, so that may be enough to give you a clean table top.

Again, cool table and thanks for the build thread!

[Judson Green]

Cool table build Brian!

But I just gotta ask, how do ya keep your carpeting so clean? I have a large rug that's kinda like the berber that you have and I simply can not vacuum up or sweep up the shavings. The worst is chips from the drill. Stuff is like Velcro. I've got the thing rolled up right now and have been thinking of throwing it out. I'll take it outside and try and shake it first, but I've just about had it with this rug. Guess you could say the rug is not tying the room together :D!

[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks gents!

Tony, great table build as well! Those maple slabs are gorgeous.
About the area with the feature, it is the top side since the book match did not look the same on the bottom. I decided to embrace it. I don't plan to fill it with anything, but I may do another Dutchman (aka bow tie). If needed.

Judson, OCD! I need an excuse to get rid if this carpet and polish the floors and this thing refuses to give me one. I just sweep it with the festool vac and go over it with a dyson once a week and it gives up all the chips.

[Tony Parent]

About the area with the feature, it is the top side since the book match did not look the same on the bottom. I decided to embrace it. I don't plan to fill it with anything, but I may do another Dutchman (aka bow tie). If needed.
OK, I filled the crack down the middle of the maple slabs I had to insure other cruft would not fill it up. Either way I think natural features like this are nice and I, as you say, "embrace them".

[Brian Holcombe]

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/D6231B17-2C4E-4313-95EF-FFDB3DDDE40B_zpslhle9e1e.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/418208CC-4DED-405F-BA63-A402A861FD8C_zps2pwiwblc.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/684B5B7F-FF50-453B-B8FA-48DA7D49557E_zpsczoapxii.jpg

The sliding dovetail battens will be affixed into the bottom of the top across three sections.

[Brian Holcombe]

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/5EF5811D-FEFD-4607-A7B3-F3996736A904_zpspk3bwvom.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/64EC0E5B-7943-49A4-8F08-429CED8B58A9_zpsxxpg0uqi.jpg

[Chris Griggs]

Coming along nicely!

[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks Chris!

I'm very curious to see an update on your bench, btw.

[Chris Griggs]

Thanks Chris!

I'm very curious to see an update on your bench, btw.

Yeah, we were making great progress, and then life got really busy again (had to work a number of weekends). I haven't been out to Paul's since the weekend of PATINA and we haven't worked on the bench since a week or two before that. Anyway, work has gone back to normal so hopefully I can go out to Pauls this weekend and we can wrap up the build. I'll definitely repost to my thread once we progress again.

[Brian Holcombe]

Awesome, looking forward to seeing the results!

[Mike Allen1010]

Brian,

I'm really enjoying your build thread! Thanks also for the great photos.

Very nice work! Through, wedged M&T, my favorite. Beautiful figure in the top - the butterfly's are IMHO are also great - very "Soul of a Tree" (hopefully not too obscure George Nakashima reference).

Is it your design? I very much like the lines.

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers, Mike

[Mike Allen1010]

BTW, I'm at an age where my memory isn't what it used to be . Your Avatar - 1930's actor? Douglas Fairbanks?

Probably embarrassingly off target, regrettably re-occurring theme for me these days. Surely could be worse:).

Mike

[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks Mike! Glad you are enjoying and I appreciate the comments. I'm certainly looking forward to seeing how the grain comes through on this top.

This is my design, I enjoy structurally apparent table bases and this one's goal is to be easy to knock down.

My avatar is Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor. A man of questionable life choices, but great dress.

[Brian Holcombe]

So, I've had a feeling since I started this base that I would need a way to put pressure on the half lap joints for the stretcher. Turns out I did, so I put together this thing;

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/43C93BE5-34C9-4539-82A2-C668662A3DFE_zpshw1j7ypw.jpg

The far cut is at a 14 degree angle, the near cut is relieved so that it does not interfere.

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/C5A5B7EF-C9F6-4AF1-95E6-229234A09727_zpsbogo1wdf.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/DA40CA7A-2788-40F5-B298-7FA04A88696B_zpstqdd1jb9.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/A978CE9A-41FB-4B11-966A-21AE624EC041_zpsqzede4aw.jpg

More contrast than I usually go for, but I had a combination of a wild hair and a lack of 5/4 white ash lying around.

[Tony Wilkins]

Nice work. Enjoying following the build.

[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks Tony.

I should have the top on this week. I dovetailed in the front batten, the back one will be affixed by screws since the changes of getting them both within .010 of where they need to be is quite unlikely.

[Malcolm Schweizer]

Love this build. Interesting idea with the wedge.

[Doug Hobkirk]

Thanks gents!

Tony, great table build as well! Those maple slabs are gorgeous.
About the area with the feature, it is the top side since the book match did not look the same on the bottom. I decided to embrace it. I don't plan to fill it with anything, but I may do another Dutchman (aka bow tie). If needed....

Wouldn't "no fill" cause a debris catching cavity that would be almost impossible to clean? I am thinking dining room table, spilled wine (or whatever)... And you're OCD...

That said, beautiful table. I await subsequent details. Thanks, you debonair gentleman!

[Brian Holcombe]

Next time I do the wedge for a project i think I will narrow the angle and probably will do tone on tone, but I had plenty of correctly thicknesses walnut lying around.

[Brian Holcombe]

Hah! Thanks Doug!

The cavity actually goes all the way through the table, which will itself enact an appropriate punishment for anyone who spills their wine.

[Jim Matthews]

It's the Governor of the Bahamas, also known as "Proof that there are things no man can resist."

His brother did a decent job, carrying on during a rough patch in the '40s.

[Brian Holcombe]

Hah, exactly. Richard III would have given up his kingdom for less, but he was in much more dire circumstance.

[Jim Matthews]

Hah, exactly. Richard III would have given up his kingdom for less, but he was in much more dire circumstance.

I've seen pictures of Wallis. She was anything but a horse face.
I believe she knew her way around a gentleman's vegetables.

[Brian Holcombe]

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/d6506c37716e657d3cd9da9fbcf2f033_zpsfe4e608b.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/01b68ce38c0430429e85a682c8eb8791_zps0361ceed.jpg

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/SpeedyGoomba/49332d21b23e50e98661d965fc4cd032_zps9af5a3a1.jpg

Not finished but getting close.

[Judson Green]

Looking good, Brian! When's dinner?

[Scott M Perry]

Okay, setting aside the remarkable table you've got there, I'm gobsmacked by the fact that you have carpeting in your shop?!

[Bryan Robinson]

Looks really good!

[Brian Holcombe]

Thanks gents! Judson, I'm tempting to start hosting dinner parties in the shop rather than move this thing.

Scott, wasn't my first choice but my wife asked me to wear out the carpet before removing it. Works out to be quite nice to work on.