Thorsen Table contest #4: what so many legs you have

I guess Bessy on the clamps. At least that’s where they started out. I like the handles on those better than the Bessy. My hand slips on the Bessy Clamps.

Good looking legs MAN.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

I think what you are saying is that you applied a veneer and then tried to cut the legs? But then you cut them too narrow?

You can also use a flush trim bit to do this task. The original stock is the finish thickness and then use them to guide the veneer cuts with a berring bit.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

nope, I hadn’t applied the veneer yet. My legs were 1 1/4 square, but to account for the veneer thickness (and still have square legs) I had to take them down a bit more, on one dimension (does that make more sense?)

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Ding ding dind… Bessy did make them clamps… you can still see the tags (and price stickers) on em. They’re very nice, and SO much easier than fighting with the Irwin clamps I’ve made do with all this time.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Yes. I get it. I did the same thing once to make a set of 1/4 sawn veneer legs.

Anyway .. the flush trim bit does the trick when the time comes to trim.

Looking good. Interesting project too.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

Thanks giz, I know what you mean (I’ll be getting my router -finally- this weekend!)

If a picture is worth a thousand words, a picture with words is worth… more.

I just added the third photo, probably explains my plan much better that my wordy attempt.

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It looks to me like you are headed in the right direction. Keep up the great work.

-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"

Keep it coming Scott, I like your clamps. If didn’t have all the pipe clamps I have now, thats the kind I’d buy, smart choice Scott.
When I did welding on my job, I discovered Bessey also made the best welding clamps.

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“Waste” is such a negative term, I’ll bet you’ll save those pieces with the holes for something….. Thanks for the update, it’s nice to follow along from a distance.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

Maybe really large pegs?

How much salvaged ebony do you have, Scott? :)

-- Ethan, http://greystonegreen.blogspot.com/

There were only 2 doors in the houise made out Ebony. So not a lot I guess.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Did I say waste, I suppose I shoulda said scrap (Yes I will be keeping those, you already knew that)

how much ebony do I have? I have this 4” +/- sculpture from Hawaii – was a house sitting gift from a now divorced couple… I might do something with that to change it’s “presence”. Beautiful black and darkbrown swirls

I also have a 6-8” carving of a lion (tiger, panther or some such) that my uncle brought back from his world travels, that is all black, with Ivory teeth, definately NOT scrap.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

No… but with a little ingenuity (and a lot of brute force), you could probably still pound them into the holes in those legs.

;)

-- Ethan, http://greystonegreen.blogspot.com/

O.K. enough of the blabbin, I want more pictures

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just need a dophin shaped hollow chisel mortising bit ;)

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

I’m glad that you were able to come up with a fix and save all that lumber. Nice clamps!

-- Jesus is Lord!