Several months ago a coworker clued me in to a craigslist walnut entry. We went and checked it out and I decided to buy two of the 5 boards. With jigsaw and bandsaw I converted two large raw walnut boards to pieces sized for the various components of the Walnut Hallway Table I’ll build. I left everything in the original 8/4 thickness and stickered them for a couple weeks until they settle into their new sizes.
Raw Walnut Boards
I set up saw horses and rollers to support the boards to cut to length. The wider board will supply a bookmatched top and side rails, the other board will supply legs and aprons.
Balmy 68 degree outdoor work in January!
Top & Aprons
I used a 1/4 inch strip of leftover plywood to screw to the board as a straightedge to run through the bandsaw. Then I trimmed the other edge from the first (since everything is cut oversized.) There’s also a pile of small pieces suitable for small turning projects. If my job withstands this year I’ll get a lathe for Christmas. (The Jet 1220 sounds like a good beginner lathe.)
Stickered Walnut set to season for a few days.
-- Anybody can become a woodworker, but only a Craftsmen can hide his mistakes!
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Dusty56
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posted 311 days ago
Nice blog…love Walnut and I hope to see further blogs as this progresses into the final project : )
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Scott Bryan
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posted 310 days ago
I enjoy seeing posts like this as well. It is fun to follow a project from the start through completion.
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