Coop Posted May 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 After getting the leg blanks ripped in my yard mill, they were now in manageable size to bring to the bs and was able to sticker them on the closest thing possible. This sucker was in my shop for a new finish per my partner and became convenient. They are now a little over 2 1/8” square and resting. Other pieces were cut with the circ saw to 4” widths to later become aprons after resawing them. This stuff is a pleasure to work with and the new Woodslicer bs blade made them look like identical twins, oversized and stickered. There will be stretchers cut, resawn and stickered, hopefully tomorrow but doubtful. A neighbor has invited us to a crawfish boil tomorrow and, it ain’t a redhead but it is tempting. Happy Trails! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted May 19, 2018 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 Originally this was to be built as a cherry bottom and walnut top. Evolution happens and things were reversed. My original plan was to laminate two pieces of 4/4 cherry for the legs and use the rest for the aprons. I remembered the walnut slab where gluing up wasn’t necessary for the legs and went in a deferent direction. So now I’m left without enough cherry for the top so back to the lumberyard for more cherry. The two pieces don’t match up, so I co-mingled. I know, not a Woodworking term. Amazingly the cherry needed very little jointer work and took the pieces straight to the planer. So while waiting for the walnut to settle in, I glued up four pieces together to form two. Later to become one. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat60 Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 I just found your build thread. Going to enjoy seeing your build Coop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted May 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 On 5/15/2018 at 8:32 AM, bushwacked said: You get good mesquite down in H town? We have very little up here and I think the closet good supplier of more than a few board feet I could find was in San Antonio ... Actually I’ve never seen it here, aside from my yard. Yeas ago, I had a customer that had a ranch it S. Texas and had mesquite everywhere. In his fenced in sprinkled yard were several mesquite that were much better looking than out in the non-sprinkled. I was so enamored by these things that I came back to Houston and found two trees at a now defunct nursery . One died but the other is my pride and joy. If it ever goes caput, I’ll grill steaks forever over it’s remains. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 57 minutes ago, K Cooper said: A neighbor has invited us to a crawfish boil tomorrow I am pretty sure a crawfish boil could get me out of the shop. Have some for me Ken. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted May 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 19 minutes ago, mat60 said: I just found your build thread. Going to enjoy seeing your build Coop. I must admit when I saw all your tools on the ground I was thinking your going to be sore after that. Hey Mark! As I don’t have a Festool track thingy or anything comparable, I had to take it to the grass. Using a chalk line, I made several passes on each cut untilI I cut thru. I was very cautious on each pass for binding and was pleasantly surprised at how little binding there was. I attribute this to the guy that milled the log as he went thru 3 blades while slicing it and charged me $75 per hour with no extra for the blades. It’s been a pretty cool trip so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted May 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 19 minutes ago, Chet said: I am pretty sure a crawfish boil could get me out of the shop. Have some for me Ken. Tails are good. Will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lewisc Posted May 19, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 Good looking legs Coop. They should turn out nicely. I had to google what a crawfish boil was. I’d never heard of it before. Just spent 10mins watching a bloke on YouTube making one. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted May 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 There are folks that go so far as sucking the heads but I’ll leave that with them. The little tail meat is an accolishment in itself. Wish you had gotten the opo to try it when you were here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 5 hours ago, lewisc said: Good looking legs Coop. They should turn out nicely. I had to google what a crawfish boil was. I’d never heard of it before. Just spent 10mins watching a bloke on YouTube making one. They're like shrimp, but way more better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeslayer Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 Nice work so far Coop, and some beautiful grain on that cherry. had my first crawfish boil in LA with some cajun friends 40 years ago, man that's good stuff!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisc Posted May 19, 2018 Report Share Posted May 19, 2018 There's always next time. We brought back some blackened seasoning from New Orleans. Still haven't cooked up some fish with it. I think that'll be dinner sometime this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coop Posted May 22, 2018 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 A member here, aka @wdwerker had some input on the dimensions of the legs, aprons and stretchers. And welcomingly so as I think the shape of a John Deere tractor is attractive. I cut several patterns for the legs from mdf and he picked one. After milling the legs to final size, I cut a mock up leg to practice on. Shown on the left. The color change is due to the fact that had to laminate a slice of walnut to a chunk of poplar to get the full 2”. Then I took the mdf pattern and transferred it to my leg blanks, doing my best to make it dummy proof. Next, I took the marked off blanks to the bandsaw to remove the waste and tapied the offcut back to the the blank. This not only allowed me a surface on the second cut but came in handy later. Even after double and triple checking, there was considerable pucker, wondering if I was cutting the right sides. As luck, not skill, would have it, I amazed myself. From there, they went to the router table and using the pattern as a guide, I used a 1/2” flush trim bit to rough cut it. Then to the oscillating spindle sander, spokeshave and finally a sanding block to semi finesse them. Forgot to take pics of the semi final product. Next up are the aprons and stretchers. Same as for the legs. Pattern from mdf and rough cut on the bs. Then onto the router table for cleanup. Then again to the spokeshave and sanding block. Double stick tape is my friend. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 Looking awesome Coop! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 It's coming along nicely Coop. Glad to offer up an opinion, your the one who has to follow through ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 Ive somehow missed this so far. Great progress Ken. This should end up being an amazing piece cherishes forever, And btw, I really like Steve's idea of bringing your grandson in on the build for something. At your age, we may need him to finish the journal for us at some point ; ) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bankstick Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 Several things here. Lived in LA for 8 years and miss the crawfish boil but leave sucking the heads to the Cajuns. Second, the table will be a great project. Third, I would encourage the boy to get outside once in a while to experience a world that doesn't run on batteries. Fourth, remind him that the table will be an heirloom. My daughter has two solid walnut end tables that were my mother's. They were bought about 1960. Can't remember what happened to the round coffee table and the rectangular coffee table. They were all solid walnut. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 Your doing some good work Ken. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted May 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 Thanks guys. Keep in mind that the only resemblance to the first posted pic taken in Amana will be the shape of the legs. This will definitely be a very simple table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B Anderson Posted May 22, 2018 Report Share Posted May 22, 2018 Looking real good Coop! Your making some quick progress on this project. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted May 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 Thanks Steve. I was forced to learn how to do a climb cut with the router. I guess with 17 arches, having to do just one’s not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronn W Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 Nice work. Well executed. I like it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted May 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 Thanks Ronn. I failed to mention that all of the pieces will be held together with my Father’s Day gift bought a couple of months in advance. Not a nail one in the whole build! As the aprons will be set back in the legs and not centered, I had to convert mm to inches, then back again so all of my mortises will be perfect. I was careful to mark the sides with white pencil and even stuck blue tape on the sides that get the holes. So AFTER cutting my first mortise, I took a measurement and realized that I had rested the Domino on the wrong face. Luckily the second one was correct. Steve has mentioned that he has cut his own tenons before so I cut one long grain showing and glued it in. It wasn’t perfect but most of it will be concealed by the apron. After the glue dried, I was admiring my work and realized I had plugged the wrong hole. And mind you, no alcohol was involved, up to this point. So back to my walnut stash and I fashioned another tenon and it turned out a little better. I marked the one that was not to be cut out. Luckily the height on the Domino was still set and I was able to cut two more..... in the correct spot. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 20 minutes ago, K Cooper said: After the glue dried, I was admiring my work and realized I had plugged the wrong hole. Some days you just feel like you are chasing your tail. Some times it is better to just close the lights and go inside the house. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted May 23, 2018 Report Share Posted May 23, 2018 Nice looking patch ! A big part of mastering this craft is learning how to fix your mistakes. Climb cutting works but it's not for the slow reacting or weak of heart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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