| Blog series by abie | updated 110 days ago | 3 parts | 539 reads | 17 comments total |
Part 1: start of new work using Lyptus......
This is a scaled down version of the Gamble House entry Table by the Greene Bros.(Greene and Greene).starting with laminated 1 3/4 pieces to form the legs.planed the balance of the wood to 3/4 for the rails and stretcher.Selected dark piece of Lyptus for the Bread Boards./Users/brucethom/Desktop/Gamble2.JPG/Users/brucethom/Desktop/DSC00045.JPG
Part 2: next
next on my adventure to emulate the Greene Bros “Gamble House” Entry Table.After laminating all the leg parts and sawing them on the band saw, I made templates of the dimensions so that I could cut matching rails and cross members the exact same size. One of my many lessons in my brief time as a wood worker … make templates and try things on scraps before cutting expensive wood.Next I band sawed the upper and lower rails with the famous Greene and Greene cloud lift pattern....
Part 3: It's comming along...
I’ve been busy making the parts fit sanding and then staining with Red Mahagony….Lyptus turned out darker than I imagined but it is cool.. The bread boards were also Lyptus but a darker hue.. so the contrast was fine.The Box joints were cut using an Incra jig as did David M… and I cut another set with traditional hand saw as my instructor wanted.. I can’t tell the difference. Splines on the breadBoards were tricky as the dado blane does not account for warpage and mi...
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