Tried on my new skirt, check out my ash! (w/pics)

[David Eisan]

Hello everyone,

I wasn't expecting to get any shop time today, but I was able to get in a few hours.

I wasn't sure how the spacing on the legs should be, so I tried a few different configurations.

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/leglayout.jpg

I have tons of ash, but it is all 8/4+ so I had to resaw what I needed for the table skirt.

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/ashskirtresaw.jpg

The material dressed out to almost 1" thick.

There is to be a drawer on one side of the table. I am not sure why, but the shop foreman wanted one, so there will be one.

I ripped one long skirt into three strips and then crosscut the middle strip into three as well.

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/ashskirtdrawer1.jpg

I slid the boards back and fourth until I had a good grain match. The drawer front is a press fit into the opening. There will be no mechanical drawer slide, it will run on wooden slides with a kicker strip at the top. I want there to be as small a reveal around the drawer opening as possible.

Here are the parts being glued back together.

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/ashskirtdrawer2.jpg

I wanted to run a bead along the bottom edge of the skirt. Here is the bead being run on my router table. My router table is the only machine that has ever bitten me, so I use a power feeder and I don't have to hand feed.

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/pfrunningbead.jpg

Boring shot of tennon cutting.

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/ashtennon.jpg

Here are two shots of the dry fit. The shop foreman can be seen in one of the shots.

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/ashtabledryfit1.jpg

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/ashtabledryfit2.jpg

I am taking the table top to a local cabinet shop tomorrow to have them run it through their $250K 52" multihead wide belt sander. I don't know why, but Katarina thought it was funny seeing me on the table top scraping off any last remnant of glue.

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/scrapingashtop.jpg

Next up, lots of sanding and the main glueup. Then onto the drawer runners and the drawer.

Thanks for looking,

David.

[Art Mulder]

I have tons of ash, but it is all 8/4+ so I had to resaw what I needed for the table skirt.

http://www.federatedtool.com/david/img/ashskirtresaw.jpg

I am taking the table top to a local cabinet shop tomorrow to have them run it through their $250K 52" multihead wide belt sander. I don't know why, but Katarina thought it was funny seeing me on the table top scraping off any last remnant of glue.

Hey David. Nice bunny rabbit. (on the dj-30) is that a push stick?

I think the one of you flat on your back inside the corner cabinet at your parents kitchen was funnier. But you keep posting these, and one day you'll have a "David's funniest moments" collection...

Sooo.. just how much is this behemoth going to weigh? I can see it now: "No, honey, we are NOT going to move the dining table for the dinner party, I got a hernia last time..."

Thanks for sharing the photos. Looks like a great project
...art

[Brian Clevenger]

Nice table.

I hate to be the one to ask dumb questions..... but are tennoning jigs that much easier to use and get better results than a band saw?

[Per Swenson]

David,

Great Job,

Nice shop,

Cool skirt,

Great Ash,

But, the open toed shoes.........

thats nice.

Per

[Kyle Stiefel]

David,

Nice pictorial, nice work!

[Roy Wall]

David,

Your posts are always great-- Keep up the good work!!!

Your shop foreman is nice to let you have all the garage!!!

[Allen Bookout]

David,

Very nice shop and work. Also you have first rate tools and that brings up a question. I notice that your moritse ends are square and the mortises look very accurate. I am thinking about a mortise machine but never having used one I am wondering if the table top units work as advertised. What do you use to cut your mortises?

Allen

[Karl Laustrup]

Looking good David. I guess that table will hold just about anything put on it, eh?

How much they charging you to run that top through the sander? Just curious as I have a place nearby that I've taken big pieces for sanding. They've charged about $15 if I remember right.

Karl

[David Eisan]

...are tennoning jigs that much easier to use and get better results than a band saw?

Yes. The micro adjust allows you to sneak up on that exact fit. They are well worth it.

David.

[David Eisan]

Hey David. Nice bunny rabbit. (on the dj-30) is that a push stick?

I think the one of you flat on your back inside the corner cabinet at your parents kitchen was funnier. But you keep posting these, and one day you'll have a "David's funniest moments" collection...

Sooo.. just how much is this behemoth going to weigh? I can see it now: "No, honey, we are NOT going to move the dining table for the dinner party, I got a hernia last time..."

Thanks for sharing the photos. Looks like a great project
...art

Thanks Art.

Yes that is a bunny pushstick, here are the plans,

http://www.whipplesargent.com/whipjig5.pdf

I thought it was funny....

I don't really know how much the table will weigh, but I would guess 200 lbs+. I am getting tired of moving it around...

David.

[David Eisan]

I am thinking about a mortise machine but never having used one I am wondering if the table top units work as advertised. What do you use to cut your mortises?

I am using a General International benchtop unit. I like it alot, but it was quite taxed with a 1/2" mortise in ash. In softer woods (almost anything else), it is a breeze to use. When I made some walnut tables, the going was *much* easier.

Take care,

David.

[scott spencer]

That short skirt looks great with that ash and those legs!