humanfish
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This is my first major piece i have begun to make which will utilise the machinery i now have. Upto now i have mainly been working on smaller projects like boxes and the like. I thought it was about time i upscaled my work.
The project is a hall table made from american black walnut with a walnut burr veneer top. I have designed it to be reletively high and narrow so as not so as not to be to obtrusive but high enough for things to be easily reached at waist hight and save bending down if need be.
I am planning on making a number of pieces for me to use as a kind of portfolio for when i leave college, i hope to start a business with brother.
The initial design was to use maple with a birds eye maple veneer for the top but i chose to use walnut instead.
I have attempted to show WIP pics but they often quite sporadic as i started something only to remember to photograph it after the deed was done sometimes, the quality is not great either. i shall begin...
I started by machining up the timber i had, it was a mixture of 32mm and 38mm boards.
It was good to see the extractor working effiecently even if it did mean some regular bag changing.
Once i had machined an accurate face and edge on the 38mm timber, which was for the legs. i began lamination. I hadn't done this before, next time i think i would do the glue up in pairs as opposed to all at the same time.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y120/b ... ect005.jpg
These are the laminated leg blanks ready to be thinknessed to the right dimensions.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y120/b ... ect006.jpg
Next i marked up to cut off the excess length on the blanks but still leaving me with 10mm extra. For this job i brought out the new CMT crosscut blade i got for christmas. Up until then i have been using the general purpose scheppach blade which came with the saw. I couldn't believe the finish, really crisp.
The next job was to get rid of all the planer marks left on the pieces of timber.
I had to now mark out for the mortices using my standard crown mortice gauge. I took my time here, i welcomed the peace and quiet. I set up up the correct depths and did a few testers on the morticer and commenced the mortice munching.
The mortices were clean but did require a little cleaning at the bottoms
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y120/b ... ect013.jpg
The next job was to begin the tenons.
I cut the notches in the tenon's using a tenon and coping saw, i did a bit of cleaning with the chisel.
For the design of my top to work i had to 45 degree notches in the tops of the legs, the photos will probably show it better than how i explaine it.
With these notches cut i was able to glue up the main pieces
I am at the stage now where i am cutting the ends of the top pieces at the right angles for them to fit into the notches like this.
I have left the extra length for when i round over the top corners.
Sorry for the length and lack of any real detail. please feel free to querie and comment.
regards
b_h
The project is a hall table made from american black walnut with a walnut burr veneer top. I have designed it to be reletively high and narrow so as not so as not to be to obtrusive but high enough for things to be easily reached at waist hight and save bending down if need be.
I am planning on making a number of pieces for me to use as a kind of portfolio for when i leave college, i hope to start a business with brother.
The initial design was to use maple with a birds eye maple veneer for the top but i chose to use walnut instead.
I have attempted to show WIP pics but they often quite sporadic as i started something only to remember to photograph it after the deed was done sometimes, the quality is not great either. i shall begin...
I started by machining up the timber i had, it was a mixture of 32mm and 38mm boards.
It was good to see the extractor working effiecently even if it did mean some regular bag changing.
Once i had machined an accurate face and edge on the 38mm timber, which was for the legs. i began lamination. I hadn't done this before, next time i think i would do the glue up in pairs as opposed to all at the same time.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y120/b ... ect005.jpg
These are the laminated leg blanks ready to be thinknessed to the right dimensions.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y120/b ... ect006.jpg
Next i marked up to cut off the excess length on the blanks but still leaving me with 10mm extra. For this job i brought out the new CMT crosscut blade i got for christmas. Up until then i have been using the general purpose scheppach blade which came with the saw. I couldn't believe the finish, really crisp.
The next job was to get rid of all the planer marks left on the pieces of timber.
I had to now mark out for the mortices using my standard crown mortice gauge. I took my time here, i welcomed the peace and quiet. I set up up the correct depths and did a few testers on the morticer and commenced the mortice munching.
The mortices were clean but did require a little cleaning at the bottoms
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y120/b ... ect013.jpg
The next job was to begin the tenons.
I cut the notches in the tenon's using a tenon and coping saw, i did a bit of cleaning with the chisel.
For the design of my top to work i had to 45 degree notches in the tops of the legs, the photos will probably show it better than how i explaine it.
With these notches cut i was able to glue up the main pieces
I am at the stage now where i am cutting the ends of the top pieces at the right angles for them to fit into the notches like this.
I have left the extra length for when i round over the top corners.
Sorry for the length and lack of any real detail. please feel free to querie and comment.
regards
b_h
