A Thomas the Tank Engine table #2: 15 mm short!

Well had a great couple of days in the shop finishing up -almost- Paul’s table. The edge moulding I was going to put around the table top machined well, it even looked good until I started mitreing the corners and cutting it to length. Side 1 went okay, side 2 ikay, side 3…problems. The end of the moulding and the last moulding are 15 mm short. I’d neglected to factor in the width of my mouldings when I measured out the lengths so I cut the third side short.

I think I’ve come up with a solution though. I am going to increase the width of the rabbet by 7.5 mm on all the mouldings effectively shrinking the size of the table and making the moulding long enough. It was too late last evening to try this out and too dark as my lights are still down from the ceiling install. I’ve not climbed up into the ceiling to drill holes for the wires yet…next week is vacation week so I should be able to get that done!

-- ....next big purchase is wood for the next project, Mark