Brendon_t Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 First project journal here. I am helping my friend build a walnut and curly maple end table. So far, we have milled up all lumber, face glued two pieces of maple for each leg, Once cured, I squared them on the ts then ran all the legs through the drum sander at 120 to erase saw marks. I have a "kit" already made for the whole build meaning I have gone through my cut list and cut all the pieces I will need from the milled stock. Tonight I will take pictures and start the photo journal from there. I am not making any more cuts until my new blade gets here tomorrow. Tonight, I'm going to prep a new ZCI and I need to build a jig for tapering the legs Attached is my scale drawings as well as the table that served as inspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunterL Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Sounds interesting, but I don't see any attachments on my end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Don't see pics either but this will be fun to watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Dang. . I just learned my works wifi blocks attachment uploads. Will attach when I get out of here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Update with pics. last night, I glued up 3 of the panels for the sides because I ran out of clamps and built the jig I wanted to do for the taper on the legs. First pic is the table that served as inspiration, next two are my to scale drawings with changes to the design. After is the kit I have ready for the build, close up of the curly legs, and lastly the taper jig made from scrap mdf, a strip of oak, and a square piece of 2x2 red oak scrap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 I would try to push your clamp block against your work piece to help ensure it doesn't move on you. It's kind of a PITA to set up the first one but, after that all you have to do is drop them in and go without measuring and marking your lines on each one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Do you see the 1/2" by 1/2 strip there on the closest side? It is glued down with the work piece up against it. That is my lateral stop and there is the end piece for the up/down side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 But what keeps it from moving towards the clamp block? I don't usually use a piece on the outside like that, I just position the clamp block to support the piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Brendon, Have you used the tapering jig yet? There's just something about the "1/2" x 1/2" strip" to the left of the kerf that doesn't look safe. If you removed it, the cutoff would ride on the sled and not be pushed by this piece. Am I thinking this correctly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Cooper, I absolutely agree. I don't want the cutoff to be caught in there. Maybe I should re configure the block completely as the holding piece I used that strip on the outside thinking that the blade would be pushing the wood in that direction away fron the toggle switches, not toward it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Made good progress last night. . The cuts on each leg are made, the two side skirts and back skirt are planed down to thickness and cut to length. The box joints for the frame of the beer bottle caps were cut and fit great. Biggest progress of the night, I talked my friend into abandoning the bottle cap top and use solid walnut instead. He agreed that the rest of the table was too nice to cheapen it with the beer cap resin top. I also made an extra glued up panel to test finishes. The blo is definitely the front runner at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Good call on the top! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 Absolutely. I would have been ashamed of it and I knOw it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raefco Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 I've been considering doing some sort of inlay with a roll of Liberty silver dollars, but I guess that's not beer caps, project is looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 With the beer cap top monkey off of my back, I grabbed another piece of walnut that had a cool heart wood split on one side but had a lot of sap wood up each side. This is the only way i could figure out to make it look decent The miters on the legs also look pretty cool to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Joinery for the skirts and legs cut with only one boo boo. Everything went together nicely with some chisel and block plane work. Tomorrow I will be making the runners for the shelf that is sitting in clamps as I type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Coming together nicely Brendon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Thank you much. I know I shouldn't be even dry fitting yet but it just feels so dang good. The boo boo I mentioned was not marking clearly which side of my scribe line to plunge down in to. . You guessed it, I have about a 1/4" deep plunge hole from the router bit on the visible side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Can you fill it with a plug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Unfortunately no, a quarter of the round pattern went outside of the leg. I have already squared it off and will fill it tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 I didn't see it in the pictures.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 I didn't see it in the pictures.. the oops is on the left rear leg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 It should be fine. Plug with a scrap from the same board if at all possible. Back leg below eye level who's going to notice it if (and its a big if) you can keep the mistake to yourself. If someone asks about the table tell them it's hand made from solid wood, but keep the little stuff between us woodworkers who understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted January 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Something I constantly struggle with. If someone compliments a piece, I immediately want to say yeah except for that. ... fill in the blank. I've gotten pretty decent at fixing common flaws, Unfortunately that's because I made a lot of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 It's hard to break the habit of pointing out the flaws.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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