Thread: Dan's Myrtle Anniversary Shaker Table

This may be a little hard to explain without a diagram... but here we go.

Although the top is 20mm thick I wanted to add some cross bracing re-enforcement. To do this I'm using 40mm x 18mm pieces of myrtle. (Though some might argue using quarter sawn tas mryle for bracing is excessive...)I prepared 5 pieces but I think 4 will work well.



I've removed 5 cm of materal which will had a matching slot in the thicker edging pieces.





The plan is to use 5 x 25mm brass screws. One centered and four evenly spaced. Of course, I will oversize the outside four holes to be 2cm slots, allowing for expansion.

The grain of the legs will parallel the braces removing concern for expansion at that point.

You need a bench hook Dan! 10min with a few bits of scrap and you have more control and save your shiny new bench from damage.

I know I know... it's on the to do list....

Yeh but its only a 5min job and your cuts will be easier, better and safer. Just do it!!

I'm liking the table, but I'm really liking seeing the 'bench in action!

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

Yeh but its only a 5min job and your cuts will be easier, better and safer. Just do it!!

Lol, any advance on 5 minutes.
You're right though, they do save a lot of problems as well as time.
Cheers,
Jim

I just couldn't stand to see him scratch his beautiful new bench. And its just so much easier to hold your work.

From the look of the figure in the top, this is going to be an impressive table.

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

Yeh but its only a 5min job and your cuts will be easier, better and safer. Just do it!!

Now this is scary. My dad use to say to me almost all the time it just a 5 minute job, when he wanted something done It never was a 5 minute job and 20 minutes later I would still be doing things.

Originally Posted by Christos

Now this is scary. My dad use to say to me almost all the time it just a 5 minute job, when he wanted something done It never was a 5 minute job and 20 minutes later I would still be doing things.

I just used to borrow my dad's, and that five minute job has been waiting 20 years...

Here's the rather unusual under table bracing. 2 of 4 done. (Had to patch a knot before completing the last 2.)

A day of sawing in the shed. More to come later.






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Looking great, when it gets a finish on it, that myrtle top is going to look like it's three-dimensional.

Last week I've made some solid progress on the top. I have all four braces now installed and made headway on the breadboards. The breadboards need some fine tuning to get a good fit. I don't want to make them too lose so I'm waiting for a bit of time to re-sharpen the plane for some trial and error.

I've uploaded pics to the blog of the steps involved.

Part 1 - The design
Part 2 - The Mortises
Part 3 - The Tenons