wcndave
Established Member
I've been blathering away in different threads about various related topics, so I thought it time to put it all together in one thread.
I recently got some 34mm and 60mm stock of waney edged European (Soft) Maple for two builds.
The 34mm is for kitchen drawers, and I have been having fun even thinking about them as they are cupped, not straight and twisted. Also been engaged in some discussion about snipe which I still need to resolve as it impacts my cutting strategy.
However they seem like pure joy compared to the 60mm boards I have been processing for my Roubo build.
I have Maguire's wagon vice and pinless leg vice on order, one a present from my father, and I am building a split top Roubo mostly based on the woodwhisperer guild project, modified to hardware and stock sizes I will be using.
I got the boards stacked and then marked out the top laminate pieces and the legs using a chalkline. (A most excellent tool for larger work). The rails will come from scrap wood from my house building project, so I'll be mixing Maple with Larch in the end.
I started thinking that I would use a jig saw, however faced a few issues. Firstly due to cupping and bulges it wasn't long enough, Secondly it was hard work keeping straight (although I could have used a straightedge), and Finally it was too slow.
I then went to the track saw, which is a festool TS55 - too short to cut right through, so I tried cutting from both sides.
Where I have stopped cuts with a partial cross cut to preserve as much length as possible, this sometimes proved hard to match up. Also I had the boards in smiley faced mode, and when turned over, they tended to pinch the blade.
One piece just didn't part off, and when I gave up and cross cut, I found out why.
I then tried to finish the track saw cut with the jigsaw, however doh! that can't possibly work! Found that out quickly.
After picking up the pieces of my jigsaw and putting them back together again, I realised that the cross cut i had done freehand had left only 4-5mm of stock and I'd just hand sawn it off.
So my final process is to use track saw for a series of passes which takes me to about 5cm.
Final pass free hand with track saw (It's actually really easy to keep it straight in the existing slot)
Hand saw the final 5mm - actually very fast.
I worked fairly late into the night (about 11pm) using a halogen lamp.
This morning there's some mess around
But I have 5 of the top boards (from 11) and 2 out of 8 of the leg boards done.
I reckon now I've got the process sorted, I should be a bit quicker with the rest.
Then on to the process of planing these monsters!
I recently got some 34mm and 60mm stock of waney edged European (Soft) Maple for two builds.
The 34mm is for kitchen drawers, and I have been having fun even thinking about them as they are cupped, not straight and twisted. Also been engaged in some discussion about snipe which I still need to resolve as it impacts my cutting strategy.
However they seem like pure joy compared to the 60mm boards I have been processing for my Roubo build.
I have Maguire's wagon vice and pinless leg vice on order, one a present from my father, and I am building a split top Roubo mostly based on the woodwhisperer guild project, modified to hardware and stock sizes I will be using.
I got the boards stacked and then marked out the top laminate pieces and the legs using a chalkline. (A most excellent tool for larger work). The rails will come from scrap wood from my house building project, so I'll be mixing Maple with Larch in the end.
I started thinking that I would use a jig saw, however faced a few issues. Firstly due to cupping and bulges it wasn't long enough, Secondly it was hard work keeping straight (although I could have used a straightedge), and Finally it was too slow.
I then went to the track saw, which is a festool TS55 - too short to cut right through, so I tried cutting from both sides.
Where I have stopped cuts with a partial cross cut to preserve as much length as possible, this sometimes proved hard to match up. Also I had the boards in smiley faced mode, and when turned over, they tended to pinch the blade.
One piece just didn't part off, and when I gave up and cross cut, I found out why.
I then tried to finish the track saw cut with the jigsaw, however doh! that can't possibly work! Found that out quickly.
After picking up the pieces of my jigsaw and putting them back together again, I realised that the cross cut i had done freehand had left only 4-5mm of stock and I'd just hand sawn it off.
So my final process is to use track saw for a series of passes which takes me to about 5cm.
Final pass free hand with track saw (It's actually really easy to keep it straight in the existing slot)
Hand saw the final 5mm - actually very fast.
I worked fairly late into the night (about 11pm) using a halogen lamp.
This morning there's some mess around
But I have 5 of the top boards (from 11) and 2 out of 8 of the leg boards done.
I reckon now I've got the process sorted, I should be a bit quicker with the rest.
Then on to the process of planing these monsters!
