Projects to keep me off the streets - Fire Department Table, Kayak
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That made me think of the boat in Gibbs' basement and how he got it out of there...1
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I've made kayaks and lawn chairs that have required some cogitating on getting them out of here. I always wondered how Gibbs did it. I've always followed Gibbs rule #9, Never go anywhere without a knife. I always carry my emergency services knife. I travel in off-road places, and if I need to cut a seat belt at a scene, or convince a coyote my bike and are a not a tasty treat, I have the tool for the job.
Three hours work tonight, running count 25. Removed, sanded, fitted, glued and doweled in apron rails, and started on corner braces.
So far, this whole project doesn't have a single metal fastener in it, all hardwood dowels. My intention is to use no metal. Kind of a purist old style thing.
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Looking good
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Full day's work, 8 hours. Completed base, second stain coat on legs, single stain coat on apron rails and cross and corner braces. Started joiner work on edge of top boards which were previously thickness planed. Soon became apparent this 'dimensioned lumber' varied in width up to 1/4 inch over the 10 foot lengths. Had to rip it all to uniform width. Tomorrow a couple edge joiner passes for each piece, then start biscuit joinery to assemble the top.
As Forest Gump might have said, "Some days there aren't enough clamps."
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If I had inches to spare I wouldn't be worrying about carpentry skills.
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Another 7 hours today, 40 so far. Working on top planks. Had to use two I'd set aside for under thickness, so had to plane the whole lot down to 7/8", then a lot of edge joiner runs to get uniform edges. Got all 8 planks looking good for edge matching, the cut down rough ends to end up with 117 1/2 length. cap ends will go on later. Lots of cuts with the biscuit joiner, then dry assembly and clamped down and compressed for the night dry with biscuits in place. Glue up tomorrow if I have time. Big party for my 10 year old grandson and his nanny.
Good to have the larger layout tools for something this size.
No Christmas cookies, but I do have 70 biscuits.
Dry assembly with biscuits, and dry clamped for the night.
Time for a meal, since I sort of neglected to eat all day, and a black rum for me parrot and I.
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More beautiful at each step!2
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That is going to be one amazingly awesome table! Love watching the progress! Thanks for sharing!1
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I am going to guess that will not be a light table when all is said and done.2
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Wow! Love the pictures and the process. The table is amazing.1
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4 1/2 hours today, 44.5 to date. Can't do any more today, got to let glue set up.
Glued up and set 70 biscuits.
Clamped and compressed on two axis.
Planning how to fix the table to the frame assembly. Six cleats with dowels, two into the table and two into the frame per cleat.
Cut and edge planed end caps for table ends. Will need to plane and sand ends to fit, then biscuit joint. That's my new Garmin Vivofit HR on that gorilla's arm.
Shop cleaned up, planning ahead for the evenings this week.
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That's going to be one beautiful table. What exactly are the biscuits for? And what is everyone going to sit on?
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The biscuits are a method of joining two pieces. A special tool cuts a semicircular slot that fits half of the biscuit shape. A matching cut in the other piece fits the other half. These hardwood biscuits align and work with the glued faces to make the joint.
We have a collection of mismatched chairs now. The two most comply ones are labeled for cardiac survivors, my self and two other firefighters1 -
Thanks farback, figured it was something like that.........maybe they should commission you to make some matching chairs.........comfy of course!1
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Biscuit joints are a neat and solid way of joining wood. It can be done on longitude like Farback's table or on corners like this image. A bit of glue, clamp it up and it's as solid as screws or nails. In this image, half of the biscuits are already mounted and the holes on the second piece are ready...
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It's the first I had heard of biscuits too...so thanks for the explanations to you both and for the pictures showing the details. I've seen dowels used, but these biscuits are new to me. Very cool!0
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They work well, but are just awful for tea time.1
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3 1/2 hours tonight, total 48 hours done. tired out, long day. Snow storm here today so long slippery driving and shoveling before settling in for the night.
Removed clamps, rotated table over to work on bottom first. hand planed to remove glue drools and mate bottom long edges. sanded twice, 80 and 120 grit.
Started on strengthening webs and was going to build the connection cleats, but getting too tired to do any more mathification tonight. Put one coat of stain on the bottom. It really brings out the grain.
Two strengthening webs which go perpendicular to the board joints.
Sanded to 120
One stain coat. It's gonna be some purdy.
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It is beautiful!1
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Montepulciano wrote: »
I could go on about firm circular rubbing motions to work the stain deep into the grain of the receptive wood...
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That one caught my funny bone! I laughed so hard I woke my wife up.2
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3 hours tonight, 51 so far. installed two strengthening webs and the end cleats. These, along with the side cleats will pin into the table base once we haul all couple hundred pounds of it to the fire hall.
This is a handy phone app, InchCalc. It makes the fractional math easy.
The components, strengthening web to go across the width in two places, and the cleats to attach to the base, two end ones and four side ones.
Tensioned down to eliminate gap across width.
All done except these side cleats which go on tomorrow night.
Tonight's progress.
For the imaginative crowd, After pounding in the dowels, I had to put a lot of intense pressure on the clamp beams to hold it all tight. It could have released at any time, but careful work got both of the setups through to the climax, a well glued up planking.
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3 hours tonight, 54 so far. Finished attachments to bottom, applied the second coat of stain to the bottom, and cut and fitted the end cap boards.
This is a japanese draw saw made to cut flush. The teeth only have a kerf (angle) on one side.
The flush cut. No marring of the large piece.
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This link might work. It's a home video about how to dispose of gloves cleanly. If-in you got icky stuff on to them.
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That's a big job completed in a relatively short amount of time!
How exactly does one get an amazing table like that into its new home Secretly?
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Midnight delivery service1
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