harry strasil
07-21-2006, 10:27 PM
PART 2
We know that the legs will have a 10° splay to them. We already know that 10° is 1 inch in 5 1/2 inches. I am making my bench 20 1/4 inches to the top, so this means that the footprint of the legs will be approxiametly 8 inches wider than the top. The top and bottom of the legs are going to have to be sawn at 10° also so I need about 20 3/4 inches finished length. I am going to start with 24 inch long legs. I found a nice salvaged piece of 1 by 10 with a few knots in it that is just a tad longer than I need, so I am going to use that. Delta volunteered again and this time it was more down his alley and he cleaned the faces up pretty well.
Here you see the 1 by 10 marked at 24 and 48 and then lines scribed with the framing square. I then came in 2 inches from each end on the same side and 2 inches in from the edge in the center and connected the lines. The two scrap pieces are laying on the lines for clarity.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/saw%20bench/sawbench11.jpg
Here I am cutting off the excess, the 8 point rip was too coarse for this old pine and was splintering bad on the bottom side, so I switched to a 12 point panel for this part. I had a clamp holding the hidden end to the bench to make the job easier.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/saw%20bench/sawbench12.jpg
Here I am cutting on the middle line. You can see a little trick I use to hold the off piece from falling off at the end of the cut and splitting off the underside of the left hand piece. Just a piece of scrap and 2 small clamps, its quick and easy.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/saw%20bench/sawbench13.jpg
Here I am using my makeshift face vise to hold one piece while I rip it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/saw%20bench/sawbench14.jpg
Most of you probably don't do this, but when ripping and almost done, I just flip the piece over and finish the cut by sawing up. You don't have to try and get things lined up this way with a second cut.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/saw%20bench/sawbench15.jpg
This picture shows the two pieces ripped into 4 legs. Notice the one on the left is splintery and the saw cut is crooked, I used the rip saw on this one and forgot to check the back side, and it splintered out on me, so I switched to the 8 point crosscut for the second one and got a much smoother cut and it cut well at an angle in this brittle wood.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/saw%20bench/sawbench16.jpg
Plane your legs up and chamfer the edges just a touch and we will commence with part 3 next friday.
We know that the legs will have a 10° splay to them. We already know that 10° is 1 inch in 5 1/2 inches. I am making my bench 20 1/4 inches to the top, so this means that the footprint of the legs will be approxiametly 8 inches wider than the top. The top and bottom of the legs are going to have to be sawn at 10° also so I need about 20 3/4 inches finished length. I am going to start with 24 inch long legs. I found a nice salvaged piece of 1 by 10 with a few knots in it that is just a tad longer than I need, so I am going to use that. Delta volunteered again and this time it was more down his alley and he cleaned the faces up pretty well.
Here you see the 1 by 10 marked at 24 and 48 and then lines scribed with the framing square. I then came in 2 inches from each end on the same side and 2 inches in from the edge in the center and connected the lines. The two scrap pieces are laying on the lines for clarity.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/saw%20bench/sawbench11.jpg
Here I am cutting off the excess, the 8 point rip was too coarse for this old pine and was splintering bad on the bottom side, so I switched to a 12 point panel for this part. I had a clamp holding the hidden end to the bench to make the job easier.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/saw%20bench/sawbench12.jpg
Here I am cutting on the middle line. You can see a little trick I use to hold the off piece from falling off at the end of the cut and splitting off the underside of the left hand piece. Just a piece of scrap and 2 small clamps, its quick and easy.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/saw%20bench/sawbench13.jpg
Here I am using my makeshift face vise to hold one piece while I rip it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/saw%20bench/sawbench14.jpg
Most of you probably don't do this, but when ripping and almost done, I just flip the piece over and finish the cut by sawing up. You don't have to try and get things lined up this way with a second cut.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/saw%20bench/sawbench15.jpg
This picture shows the two pieces ripped into 4 legs. Notice the one on the left is splintery and the saw cut is crooked, I used the rip saw on this one and forgot to check the back side, and it splintered out on me, so I switched to the 8 point crosscut for the second one and got a much smoother cut and it cut well at an angle in this brittle wood.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/saw%20bench/sawbench16.jpg
Plane your legs up and chamfer the edges just a touch and we will commence with part 3 next friday.