Tarkin
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After much planning and debating (thanks to everyone who gave advice on the merits of black walnut), I concluded that it would be a little too strenuous on the finances right now. So I gathered together all the wood I could find (white oak and ash left over from old projects) and designed something suitable; a shaker style 2-drawer coffee table in oak, with ash as the secondary wood.
I've also been making a concious effort to use more hand tools, and fewer power tools, this is where I've got to so far...
Ok, so I didn't quite have time (or the appropriate planes) to hand surface all the wood, so this is after a day with a thicknesser:
Cutting the mortices into the legs for the rails, this I did do by hand
Glue-up of the side frames, the panels are solid oak, and all the pieces are hand finished with a No4 Smoother:
And a "cheat" view of the whole thing. The top and bottom are hand planed smooth, and I /attempted/ to hand joint them. But the longest plane I have is a No4, so it was interesting! And it's a "cheat" because the top is just sitting on it and there are no drawers yet, just two holes on the other side
:roll:
Sorry there's no piccy of the intermediate stage, that glue-up was marginally stressful so I forgot to take a photo! Next step is to fix down the top, and make the drawers. Going to be my first hand-cut dovetails so will be interesting! I'm very much still learning, so constructive criticism is always welcome...
I've also been making a concious effort to use more hand tools, and fewer power tools, this is where I've got to so far...
Ok, so I didn't quite have time (or the appropriate planes) to hand surface all the wood, so this is after a day with a thicknesser:
Cutting the mortices into the legs for the rails, this I did do by hand
Glue-up of the side frames, the panels are solid oak, and all the pieces are hand finished with a No4 Smoother:
And a "cheat" view of the whole thing. The top and bottom are hand planed smooth, and I /attempted/ to hand joint them. But the longest plane I have is a No4, so it was interesting! And it's a "cheat" because the top is just sitting on it and there are no drawers yet, just two holes on the other side
:roll:
Sorry there's no piccy of the intermediate stage, that glue-up was marginally stressful so I forgot to take a photo! Next step is to fix down the top, and make the drawers. Going to be my first hand-cut dovetails so will be interesting! I'm very much still learning, so constructive criticism is always welcome...
