Usual caveat – you’re unlikely to learn much here. And, if you’re wondering why everything seems to be done with a router table. well, that’s because that’s all I have!
So you don’t need to go to the project page which is here, the finished item looks like this…
I need to cut slight recesses for the ash angles heading towards the centre, I do this by clamping the piece, vertically, to my jig, except, rather than flat, using a spacer at one end…
I need angled ash to fit into that recess. For this, again clamping to the jig, except using a clamp as a spacer so the piece isn’t flush against the fence. This gets me close enough that a little card-scraping and sanding makes a nice fit…
Fit, glue, add some spirit to see how it’s going…
I cut the slots in the legs all in one go, again by clamping to my jig…
I was originally going to go with 45° on the top, but that just didn’t seem right. After some thought, I came up with this…
The wood spacers on the left, which must be parallel to the fence, create the angle. After cutting about 1/3 (the piece is heading away from us in the picture), I apply the ash spacer (held with 2 clamps) so the piece doesn’t suddenly come to an end and slide into the fence.
Thoughts, comments, etc etc – welcome
-- "Do not speak – unless it improves on silence."
5 comments so far
patron
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#1 posted 309 days ago
hats off to you KK
where there is a will
there is a way
mind boggling
what you could do
with more tools
excellent !
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Roger
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#2 posted 309 days ago
Some super fabricating. Very nice table and design.
-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net
GrandpaLen
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#3 posted 309 days ago
...when Less is More
I very much like your design. – Len
-- Mother Nature should be proud of what you've done with her tree. - Len ...just north of a stone's throw from the oHIo, river that is, in So. Indiana.
Karson
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#4 posted 308 days ago
Fantastic table. Some great thought in getting the pieces held and cut.
-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
sras
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#5 posted 308 days ago
Don’t need no stinkin’ table saw!
Nice job of using what you have to do anything you want.
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