Lamp Table lots of big pics

[Woody Alan]

I thought some might like to see this little table I knocked up out of a pallet of oak.
First you need a willing assistant to get it to the workshop

Having put all the stock through the planer /thicknesser the top is ready to biscuit

Clamping up the top with the new Besseys handy to force the overtight biscuits in

Sizing the top on the sliding table

Bevelling the ends by a secret method having tested it first.

Marking the mortices one edge only

Cutting remembering to move the chisel after first small cut to avoid burn
and "staircase" my way across and then back

Knocked up a quick jig to cut the tapers on all the inside leg faces

All legs ready

Rails all cut to equal length and left overnight and the tenon fairies came
and cut the shoulders and cheeks not sure how they did it, but they were
still on the tablesaw when I got back in the morning

Hand dressed the bottoms of the legs with a dodgy old brassed plane I had laying about

Slots for the buttons cut

Frame now glued up, done in two stages

Lots of buttons cut from leg offcuts

Awkward bit hand scraped, didn't bother to sharpen scraper
hence more dust than shavings but still cleaned it up

Just showing that I left the rails deliberately proud by half a mm to allow for rail shrinkage

Applying a matt waterbased varnish

All the buttons now fitted

Here it is finished

And here it is in almost it's final resting place with it's lamp.

Phew Alan

 

[DomValente]

Well done Alan, proper craftmanship.

Dom

 

[Chris Knight]

Alan,
That is a great picture story and nice table to show for it. (Congrats and training the other half so well!)


What is the story on the pallet of oak? It looks rather better than a job lot of samples!

 

[nickson71]

Nice looking table

I'm guessing you'll be doing a few more pieces in Oak by the looks of it

 

[Philly]

Wonderful stuff, Alan!
Loved the photo's (and top class gloatage!!!!)
Keep up the good work
Philly

 

[Fizzy]

I thought some might like to see this little table I knocked up out of a pallet of oak.

WOW all that Oak to make that table :shock:

Lovely table by the way

 

[Paul.J]

Nice looking table their Alan
Nice pallet of Oak too
Paul.J.

 

[RobertMP]

Is that pallet one of the ones they sell on ebay? I've looked at them but it is too much in one go for me.

Nice table

 

[Woody Alan]

Thanks Dom

Chris
My missus is an absolute saint, I had to say that because she's looking over my shoulder . The pallet I bought on ebay from henry venables for a study wall cupboard project, which has been postponed for various reasons. The quality is OK I guess for the money. I am no expert but I have bought quality english oak boards before and paid heavily for it. This stuff has surface splits, moisture content quite high,had to store it for a month or two in a dry warm place to get it down. I could see it move. Also buying unknown sizes means you have to cut it down more which releases inner tension if you don't balance the removal from either side of the piece. All reasons why they reject it for flooring I guess. All that said it seems like a good way to buy a lot of wood you can have good hack at without losing out.

Nick yes the cupboard project looms after the fencing and another summerhouse and pergola...will it ever end

Philly I believe that I have been subject to subliminal influences over recent times when on the net you don't know anything about that do you?

Fizzy I was very tempted to add a picture of the empty pallet at the end

Thanks Paul/Robert see above

Alan

 

[Johnboy]

I like the table Alan, would go very nicely in my hall.

How did you offload the pallet? I contacted them and it was an additional £500 for delivery using a vehicle with offloading capability. :shock: That's not a typo it really was £500.

John

 

[Philly]

Philly I believe that I have been subject to subliminal influences over recent times when on the net you don't know anything about that do you?
Alan

Yeah, you have to be careful out there in Internetland. There are some real bad influences....... :wink: :lol:
How's the sliding table? looks great.
Cheers
Philly

 

[Woody Alan]

How did you offload the pallet? I contacted them and it was an additional £500 for delivery using a vehicle with offloading capability. That's not a typo it really was £500.

I took a chance I have had pallets before and they alway come on lorry with a tail lift anyway. But if it was going to awkward I had this plan where I would put a sheet of plastic down and just cut the bands and push the wood of the side of the lorry. I am sure the driver said they always come with a tail lift but....

Philly the sliding table is sort of OK it's a "Record" one adapted to fit and like a lot of things at that price point takes a lot of shimming, and it's fairly crude, but I like it because I just lift the left edge move the swing arm out of the way and the table swings down and out of the way. If I get time I would modify the rollers to bearing but having said that it works OK, for me I am not a pro using it every day.

Alan

 

[Dave S]

Nice table, Alan, and a great photo-story too.

Just wondering what non-secret alternatives there are for cutting the bevels on the top.

Dave

 

[Woody Alan]

non-secret alternatives

Well I could have marked it out and hand cut with a panel saw and hand planed it. I could have made a jig with a piece of ply with a slot and had the waste of the top proud through it and used a router on skis to remove it. I could have offered it up to the belt sander. I could have made a quick jig/fence for the bandsaw and passed it through....yes that's it...that's what I did :^o :roll:

 

[Paul Chapman]

Excellent result, Alan =D> =D> and great WIP pictures.

Cheers :wink:

Paul