The fence work continues...br On to the mortise and tenon joints! br My tool kit for this part included: my new Gramercy holdfasts (thanks sweetie!),...
Fall Turning Schedule
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Hi Everyone,br Well Im almost recovered from my strained knee and I can stand and walk around so its time to get back to work.br I have a number of platters...
Shaker Table Part 2
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Wow! It has been a LONG time since my last update. I guess Christmas and New Years got in the choice there somewhere. I hope everyone had a good Christmas...
Ok, so back to this table. Last time I left off I had milled the four leg blanks to size and was getting ready to mill the leg rails. Once I milled up the leg rails, I needed to lay out for the mortise and tenon joins. I probably do things a little different, but thats just the choice I am; I cut my mortises before I do my tenons. I guess the reason I do it this choice is because I have a mortising machine and the chisels are a defined dimension and I can cut the tenons to match this. Also, because the side and back rails are 5" wide, I will be using a haunched tenon in order to add strength to the joint. If I used just one big mortise and tenon, the legs would be very weak because of all the material that would be removed. So, after I laid out how I wanted the mortises to be, I drilled them out with the mortiser and cut the tenons to match.
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After that, I was able to do a dry fit on the table.
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If you notice, I have not cut the tapers on the legs yet; this is done after the mortises are cut so the legs are alchoices flat will doing the mortises. It also serves as a bit of a reference when you do go to cut the tapers because you know to alchoices taper the mortised side. Here, the legs were tapered on the bandsaw and cleaned up with hand planes.
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Now the table frame is ready to be glued up. While that is being done, I can get the drawer runners cut and glued in; nothing special about these, just some pieces that will be glued to the sides and allow the drawer to set on and provide support from the bottom.
Next, its time to turn my attention to the drawer itself, but that is for later.
