A 7 sided table

[Rewound]

Some pictutres from a recent table I made - would very much welcome comments on anything that you feel could have been done easier or better. The idea with the leg is to show off the wonderful end grain in this piece of pitch Pine

This was destined for land fill when I spotted in in a skip.

lots of nails and holes through it made it seem a difficult bit to get much out of.

Marked it up into discs so as not to get any nails or holes near the edges

and cut them all out

then glued them all up with a M12 rod through the middle - I want this leg to be thin-ish and the way the wood is cut makes me think it could be a bit snapable

 

[Sachakins]

Why 7 sides?

 

[Cabinetman]

Well you’re correct about the Pitch Pine, it’s marvellous stuff and it doesn’t seem to matter how old it is it still smells wonderful when you cut it.
5 children?

 

[Rewound]

Why 7 sides?

Witchcraft

no, its all to do with days of the week and classical planets - more of all that nonsense when I start the top.

 

[Rewound]

Back to the leg,

it doesn't turn very well at all, neither with the carbide or my favourite very sharp gouge, the bit in between the grain seems to tear, is this because it is essentially a softwood, (a very hard softwood) but structurally a soft wood?

ended up doing it all with sandpaper starting at 40grit (what a mess) - it come out OK in the end (think I finished with 320)

 

[Morag Jones]

The patterns are pretty. Worth persevering with IMHO.
Only trouble is that it tempts me to take more bits out if my woodpile…