Projects to keep me off the streets - Fire Department Table, Kayak
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Got three hours in after work today. Legs glued up nicely. Trimmed the oak dowels flush then ran the legs through the planer to get the faces flush. Ran the feet and leg edges on the router table to round over the edges.
Made two fitting pieces of apron board about a foot long, cut the chamfer and hand planed the edges where they seat into the legs. Much work with chisels to fine tune the fit and all four legs are ready for the apron boards.
Joinery. Indecernable from witchcraft.
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Another three hours progress tonight with a fire department meeting in the middle. The legs are ready to go minus final top coat. Sanded 120 and 220 grit, drilled holes for the apron rail dowel connections. Stain coat of Minwax 210B (Golden Oak). Top coat to come will be Minwax Polyurathane.
Tomorrow is fabrication and fitting apron rails.
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Thanks for the photos to help us appreciate how the work comes together.
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That's gonna be one beautiful table!
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Thanks for the kind words everyone. I'm really enjoying this project. I'm looking forward to retiring in June and having more workshop and grandkid time.
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Four hours tonight, brings the hours total up to 22 so far. Got the apron rails cut and fitted, equidistant and squared. Cut two cross members and four corner braces. I should sand and stain these, but it's 8PM here. Job for tomorrow I guess. Starting to get a feel for the sheer size of this thing. The top will overhang by 3" on all sides of the frame. Ought to fit a lunch or two.
Time for a black rum. Yarrr!
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Four hours tonight, brings the hours total up to 22 so far. Got the apron rails cut and fitted, equidistant and squared. Cut two cross members and four corner braces. I should sand and stain these, but it's 8PM here. Job for tomorrow I guess. Starting to get a feel for the sheer size of this thing. The top will overhang by 3" on all sides of the frame. Ought to fit a lunch or two.
Time for a black rum. Yarrr!
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It's gonna fit through the shop door, right?
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Got a whole inch to spare. Loads of room.4
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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
