New Gazebo, needs a table made

[steven c newman]

To place between a couple of chairs. Something to sit my Guinness on. So, started in on a top for the table....slowly hauled three 1 x 6 x 4' Ash planks to the shop. Placed them on the cleaned off bench...
Gazebo Table, start up, top.JPG
Had set the worse of the 3 on top.....wanted about 30" good wood....Hmmm. One end..
Gazebo Table, top, cut line 2.JPG
Will have to remove this section...down at the other end..
Gazebo Table, top, cut line 1.JPG
Can't have that in a tabletop, either...set up a saw bench..
Gazebo Table, top, saw bench.JPG
Sorry, no tablesaw, today...doesn't take all that long, with a decent saw..
Gazebo Table, top, cut-off pile.JPG
Plus, no need to shoot every edge..
Gazebo Table, top, a square cut.JPG
When they are this well sawn.
Gazebo Table, top, reflections of.JPG
Splitting the lines, and watching the reflection in the saw plate...

One done, two more to do..
Stay tuned

[steven c newman]

For the next 2...laid the first plank on top...
Gazebo Table, top, mark out #2.JPG
Set #1 where the best of the board was....had to trim the ends, again...sometimes wasn't much needed to be sawn..
Gazebo Table, top, needs a trim.JPG
More of a way to square up one end...was a bit rough...
Gazebo Table, top, curvy.JPG
Edges had a bit of curve going on...Manage to get all 3 boards cut..
Gazebo Table, top, edges need work.JPG
Hmmmm...needs a bit of work done...before glue and clamps arrive....I ripped the worse bows off..
Gazebo Table, top, needs jointed.JPG
Still need to run the jointer plane....10 pound limit ends this Saturday....then, maybe a #6 or a #7, to get these ready for some glue?


Legs: will do a glue up of 2 strips...watching how the grain goes...
Aprons: Full width of the 1 x 6....there MIGHT be a drawer involved on one end ( to hold coasters?)....

There will be pads added to the feet of the legs...to keep them high & dry.

After that...Depends on what I can come up with....bead work...tapered legs....we'll see..

Stay tuned..

[Tom M King]

That "taking it easy" didn't last long.

[steven c newman]

1-1/2 hours of shop time, today. 10 pound weight limit ends Friday night.....means Saturday morning I can ease back into the shop...

[Joe A Faulkner]

Good for you Steven. Tom beat me to it in posting his observation. Glad to hear you are back on your feet and up and down the stairs, carrying lumber no less.

[steven c newman]

Was looking at which jointer plane to use,,,
Gazebo Table, 2 jointers.JPG
A Stanley No.7c might be a bit too big...
Gazebo Table, jointer logo.JPG
The Millers Falls No. 15 seems to be about the right size...set up the first edge to be jointed..
Gazebo Table, jointer set up.JPG
leg vise and a 6" f clamp....to hold things steady..
Gazebo Table, 1st edge jointed.JPG
Turn the board over/around, and do the other edge....not sure which will be IN the glue joint..yet..
Gazebo Table, getting a square edge.JPG
Hardest part, was getting a square edge....instead of beveled ones...
Gazebo Table, almost done.JPG
Testing for a dry fit....square edge means things don't flop over. Laid the 3 boards out, looking for grain alignment
Gazebo Table, dry fit for grain.JPG
Meh...could be better?.....
Gazebo Table, line up marks.JPG
Sometimes that "V" helps align during the glue ups....provided the operator bothers to look...

Trip to the ER this evening.....seems a headache had refused to go away....for almost a week...went to get it checked out, was there anyway, to get my blood thinner readings....

Will see what Saturday brings...
Stay tuned

[steven c newman]

Re-arrange a board or two...
Gazebo Table, top, grain patterns,cauls.JPG
Clamps, glue, and cauls


Gazebo Table, top, caul details.JPG
Pairs of cauls....
Gazebo Table, top, glued up.JPG
And let sit a day...or 2....

Then set aside, and start work on 4 legs.
Stay tuned..

[Thomas Wilson]

I am glad to see the Dungeon is back in operation.

[steven c newman]

Most of the clamps were removed....and the panel for the top was set aside, for now...
Gazebo Table, top, set aside.JPG
Leave the cauls in place, for now. Needed to cut another plank for lengths...
Gazebo Table, legs, stock.JPG
2 crosscuts with the Disston D-112.....reset the rip fence..
Gazebo Table, legs, rip fence.JPG
Distance being a hair over what 2 thicknesses of the plank would be....and run all 3 blanks through. Then pick the best 8 out of the 9 pieces.....#9 may wind up as a bread board end?
Gazebo Table, legs, 1st glued up.JPG
Select 2 that will match, big bead of glue, and a few clamps...set aside...and do the other 3 blanks..
Gazebo Table, legs, 4 legs glued up.JPG
And let these sit a spell......will come back once the glue is dry, lay out and taper 2 faces. Need to install the brand new 1/4" bandsaw blade, too. Plan is to rough saw the tapers, then plane them smooth....

Stay tuned...am even working on a Monday

[Andrew Pitonyak]

That "taking it easy" didn't last long.

It almost felt like....

Need to take it easy.... and now time to build a chair...

Watch out if he chooses to work hard!

[Andrew Pitonyak]

Steve, I think that you do not know how to take it easy. I might need to come out and relieve you of those really big hand planes of yours! <see Steve flattening a board with a block plane>

Making good progress!

[steven c newman]

Bandsaw to rough a line...
Gazebo Table, legs, 1st taper.JPG
Gazebo Table, legs, 2nd taper.JPG
Then clamp the blank to the bench, and get out 2 planes...
Gazebo Table, legs, mess makers.JPG
And plane away the saw marks/burn marks...
Gazebo Table, legs, 2 legs to do.JPG
2 legs have both of their tapers done....need to finish the other 2 legs..
Gazebo Table, legs, tapers done.JPG
Taper is to start just below the 5" width of the aprons....

Aprons will get started later today....need 2 sides, a back, and a drawer front.....drawer front and dividers will be from one board....so the grain will line up.

Stay tuned....

[steven c newman]

Hauled a plank to the shop....wound up bringing a second one....Cross cut..
Gazebo Table, aprons, sides.JPG
to get a pair of long aprons. Also a short apron for the end.....and a blank for the drawer front...
Gazebo Table, aprons, set-up block.JPG
Made a set-up block... to mill the tenons.
Gazebo Table, aprons.JPG
That will do for the main aprons....drawer front?
Gazebo Table, drawer front.JPG
It took a pair of rip cuts....will do the tenons later...
Gazebo Table, drawer parts.JPG
Once I figure out what I need for a tenon.....and can cut the drawer front to size....

Set up to mill beads..
Gazebo Table, legs, beads done.JPG
Legs get a double bead down the outside corner....for now.....then the aprons get a bead along the bottom edge...
Gazebo Table, aprons, bottom bead.JPG
Longer aprons also got face planed..
Gazebo Table, aprons, face planed.JPG
tenons got cleaned up...
BRB..

[steven c newman]

Tenons got cleaned up..
Gazebo Table, aprons, tenon clean up.JPG
Then the edge got a bead....
Gazebo Table, aprons, bottom beaded.JPG
The part below the drawer front, also gets a bead....
Gazebo Table, aprons, drawer's bottom bead.JPG
Have to keep this lined up.....and see about tenons on the ends.
Gazebo Table, aprons, leftovers.jpg

Not sure IF I will build a drawer out of these leftovers....or just go out and buy a stick of Pine. Might be easier with the Pine.
Gazebo Table, legs, beads done.JPG
Those "T" marks show which face the tenons are supposed to get mortised to. Which will be the next step along the way...
Stay tuned

[steven c newman]

Shop turned out to be a bit too warm, today....cut things short....
Gazebo Table. legs, 1st mortise chopped.JPG
Got this far....decided to stop....after getting a dry fit...
Gazebo Table, legs, test fit tenon.JPG

It's a start, at least....will see how things go....Ash does NOT like being chopped.