71 days ago
by captkerk |
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Well, I got started on the console by gluing up the boards for the top and the three large brackets. Since I had the lumber on hand and I didn’t want to go buy lumber, I’m gluing together boards to make the thick brackets (Norm of course had stock that thick).
I used a planer sled to flatten the boards for the brackets since they are too wide for my jointer. That went pretty well and I was planning to do the same for the wide boards for the top, but it was just too long, heav...
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334 days ago
by Mark Mazzo |
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With the legs complete I moved on to milling and gluing up the stock for the table top. I also used a simple trammel jig to mark the arcs on the ends of the top and cut them on the band saw. Check out the post on my blog for the details and photos of the process. Thanks for reading!
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494 days ago
by Sawdustonmyshoulder |
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Sunday evening and it’s time to blog about the weekend in the shop.
First on the agenda was to move the big tools around to make room to make a 54” by 144” table top in a two-car garage.
Went to the blue box store and picked up a couple of 2×6 x 12’s and three sheets of 5/8 particleboard.
I extended my workbench to be 4 foot by 12 foot. Works great!
I took all of the 1×12’s out of the dinning room and straightened and made both edges paralle...
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