| Blog series by TimberMan | updated 1556 days ago | 4 parts | 3272 reads | 18 comments total |
Part 1: Table Top
I just unclamped my weekend glue up of the main section of the dining table. I went Saturday to pick up the wood and since I don’t have a jointer I had them plane and joint it. I was a bit excited to get started and figured I would take some free time that I had Sunday to get the top gluing. The finished top is going to be 9’x4’ made from 8/4 ash. I spent weeks trying to figure out what wood and what finish I would put on. I finally decided on ash after going through ...
Part 2: Finished Look
I just snapped a few pictures of my test board. It only has 1 coat of chestnut gel stain applied. Probably start testing some sealers this weekend. I have never spayed before so I am now contimplating getting a sprayer. Was looking at the Earlex 5000 as a starter system just because I only have a PC pancake compressor and don’t think that will handle a spray gun. It’s actually a little darken then in the pictures but the pictures pics up the tone right. I want it to be a b...
Part 3: Legs, Apron, Attached Breadboard Ends
It’s been a bit busy at work the past few weeks but was able to get a little time in the shop this past weekend. I got to test out my new JFM-5 mortise and absolutely love it. It made cutting the mortise a piece of cake. After cutting them I cleaned up the bottom of the mortises and then off to the tenons. Since I had to cut tenons on the 8’ long apron I took the opportunity to make a miter sled out of some scrap birch plywood and MDF that I had on hand. I also, finally, sp...
Part 4: Just about done!
Well I got lucky with two weekends in a row with warm weather. This gave me several opportunities to get some coats of finish on the table. I ended up bringing in the base and assembling that this past Monday. I did not glue the mortise and tenons due to the size of the table I want to have the ability to take this apart if needed. I fabricated some aluminum braces to hold the apron to the legs. I also made some wooden braces to keep them square. I wanted to give it a few days to cure ...
