Had a few unexpected hours to myself this afternoon – turned that into some useful shop time – and got one step closer to having that old door look a little more like a table!
I put the big glueup block o’ leg onto the tablesaw and attempted to cut them down nice and square – with as thin a veneer left as possible. The seperating was easy, the fine tuning also went better than expected, just a slow and careful process.
I should have made 5 legs, as I messed up the second, somehow cutting slightly askew and revealing some face grain. Luckily, this process gave me plenty of thin strips, so a new veneer was applied.
Had I messed up again, I'd have set the veneers aside and glued them on after assembly (to hide any joinery perfectly, rather than using plugs... but alas the other 3 turned out just fine, quirks and all.
-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/
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David
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posted 565 days ago
Scott -
Looks great! Looking forward to your table.
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Karson
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posted 565 days ago
Great job Scott.
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 565 days ago
I can see a table in your future! Looking good.
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Roger Strautman
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posted 564 days ago
Getting closer but not much time.LOL! Nothing like pressure is there? LOL! Looks good right now.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 564 days ago
it won’t be long and we’ll be down to “hours” !!! :)
sounds like the legs process went rather smoothly. (also sounds like a LOT of work!)
Well done
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schroeder
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posted 564 days ago
I really like what your doing with that door-wood Scott. I’m looking forward to see the table. (is that fir?)
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scottb
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posted 564 days ago
Could be fir, could be clear pine. Hard to say for sure… My FIL is good with wood ID, I’ll check with him.
One interior door I stripped is oak, but if this is clear pine, is more tightly grained than any other trim in the house of the same “vintage”. It’s possible that this door is over 100 years old. The house is 127. With mostly Ash floors, the entry hall is maple, any original trim I’ve stripped (everything was painted) is old knotty pine.
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RobS
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posted 563 days ago
Hey BIL, can you spare a clamp. You just have a few I see.
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scottb
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posted 563 days ago
I may have a couple not being used… if you can find em, you can use ‘em.
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