Competition entry WIP - making the most of what you have

[Paul Chapman]

I just didn't understand what you said

Nor me - glad you sorted it out, Dom

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[ByronBlack]

I also had no idea on what you meant - I re-read the post a number of times, I had wondered whether or not you had been on the plonk!

Which entry level are you both in? (paul and paul I mean).

 

[Paul Chapman]

Hi Byron,

'Improver' for me.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[engineer one]

i'm not sure yet, i would guess "trying to get there" whatever level that is at :?

the other paul :wink:

 

[ByronBlack]

just trying to suss out my comeptitors Glad your not in the beginners section!!

 

[Paul Chapman]

Having made up the top and cut it to size, I'm turning my attention to the legs and rails. Yesterday afternoon I sorted through all the oak which I had originally bought for the top but which I couldn't use because it developed splits. I have kept this in stick and after sorting it through and much juggling about, I think I have found just enough good stuff for the legs.

The table will be only 18" high so the legs will be quite short. This is what I've come up with

I think it's going to be OK. Next job is to plane it up and join the pieces with double rows of biscuits.

I'm still a little undecided about the final thickness of the legs. Having made up the top and held pieces of wood against it, I'm leaning towards my original idea of 3" thick legs. However, I'll make them up and see how it looks - I can always reduce the thickness if required.

More pics to follow in due course

Cheers :wink:

Paul

PS those prizes are nice

 

[engineer one]

looks nice paul,
how about l shaped legs rather than solid?? :roll:

paul :wink:

 

[Paul Chapman]

looks nice paul,
how about l shaped legs rather than solid?? :roll:

Thanks. The table will be going in a 16th century cottage so the design is deliberately being kept simple to blend in with its surroundings. No scope, therefore, for fancy, shaped legs.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[engineer one]

sorry mate i meant "L" shaped not sexily shaped

paul :wink:

 

[Paul Chapman]

Earlier on in this thread, I mentioned that Paul (Chisel) had kindly let me have some nice old oak floorboards. They are a little thin and have been varnished. However, a quick swipe or two with the plane is removing the varnish and three or four of the boards glued together will hopefully make suitable rails for the table

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

Two of the four legs glued up and the third one showing the method of construction with a double row of biscuits

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Escudo]

You seem to be winning the battle Paul.

Can't wait to see your table and in particular the proportions.

Keep up the good work, not long to go now before completion date.

Cheers, Esc.

 

[Paul Chapman]

Thanks, Esc. I like your shoe box :wink:

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[woodbloke]

Paul - coming together now...you got the legs planed up mighty quickly I see, must have had a very steep camber on the plane irons to remove so much so quickly :wink: :lol: - Rob

 

[Paul Chapman]

:wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: :lol:

 

[Paul Chapman]

Latest update.

I've been planing up the old floorboards to laminate together to make the under rails. I had originally thought this would be a five-minute job Well, I was mistaken :shock: Not only were they covered in varnish, but a lot of them had a lot of snipe, presumably from when they were originally planed.

As the boards were quite thin they had to be planed very carefully to remove the varnish and snipe and still leave enough thickness. It's taken forever. I used mainly my #7 scrub-type plane with a very fine cut (bit of a contradiction, I know, but it worked), plus #5, #4 and #4.5 and occasionally a scraper.

Anyway it's worked and you can see the twelve boards here

In the background are the four legs all glued up. I had a problem with one of these. In my last update I showed three of them. That's because one of the eight pieces of oak I was gluing together developed a twist :shock: Anyway I managed to find another piece that was OK-ish so they are now done.

Anyway, must go - I have a table to finish and the clock is ticking 8-[ 8-[ :lol:

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

A bit more real-time posting 8) 8)

The legs of the table will be set in 1" from the edge and splayed by a further inch. I tried drawing this out full-size on a sheet of MDF but then decided to draw out the legs on the underside of the top. Much easier to visualise that way and to take measurements.

You see, Phil, I knew that large compass from Pennyfarthing Tools would come in useful :wink:

More later.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Philly]

Good old PFT :lol:
Looking good, Paul!
Philly

 

[Paul Chapman]

And there's more.......

Planing up the under rails roughly to size before gluing them up with biscuits. I'm using three boards per rail, and these are clamped together for planing (also known as a gloaty plane picture )

After planing, I always mark the boards with arrows to indicate the direction for planing, so that I don't get any tear out when subsequently planing the boards

:-k I'm sure Chris said there was a category for most number of WIP pictures :-k :-k :lol:

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Paul Chapman]

In case you're sick of the sight of planing, routing and biscuit jointing, I thought I'd give you a change

Didn't get into the workshop today because my son, Scott, had to do a 3 hour, solo, cross-country flight and I thought I'd go along to keep him company. For a change it was beautiful weather so the views were fabulous - better than the one of the two blokes in the cockpit

Oh well, back to planing and biscuit jointing tomorrow :lol:

Cheers :wink:

Paul