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Thread: Marri Dining Table and Chairs
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30th January 2012, 08:27 AM #31Senior Member
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Great job Tony, well detailed posts and a fantastic result. I wish that I was as advanced as you with my dining suite project....cheers Kerry
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30th January 2012, 10:41 PM #32
You have done a great job there. The table top is an eye catcher. Normally I view slab tables as more out by the barbie but that one has the class (for want of a better word) to grace any dining room. I am also in awe of people who can make chairs. I have not yet summoned the nerve to try a chair. Really good post on the how it was done also.
Regards
John
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30th January 2012, 11:41 PM #33Novice
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Wow, amazing result for such a tight budget and basic tools. Great job!
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31st January 2012, 10:09 PM #34New Member
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This is an amazing effort mate well done
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31st January 2012, 10:44 PM #35
one day I may gain such skills great stuff!!
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3rd February 2012, 08:47 PM #36
Great post work in progress. Thank you for the write up.
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23rd February 2012, 12:41 AM #37Member
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hello i'm a newbie to all these woodwork! may i ask how do you drill the holes for the joint into such shape for the chair? i try to drill it with driller but it seems so rough and not in the right shape. and i saw a router in your picture, are you using that to drill?
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23rd February 2012, 12:37 PM #38
Firstly welcome to the forum. You can use a router to make the holes as well as drilling them amoung other ways.
An example for end grain cuts you will need a flat area where the piece you are going to cut is secured flush with the flat area then plunge the router into the piece. There is a little more to this then just that, like a fence so the router does not wander in any direction then the direction you want. I hope this gives you some insight.
I would suggest that you start a new thread with a specific question. Would give you some guide and different thinking and options.
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24th February 2012, 12:49 AM #39
Hi Jovian
As Christos said maybe start a new thread as there is more than one way to do this. But to answer your question.
I used a small router (6mm) marked out the mortise (the holes / slots) and then mounted the piece in a jig. The jig is a "T" piece of scraps of mdf with a slot in the top and the work piece held against the face underneath the slot. The router bit is set to the depth required (*inc the jig top thickness). Also stops for the longitudinal travel and the fence to keep it on the centreline of the slot.
I liked this because for chairs - once set up you can repeat exactly many times. After marking up carefully of course.
I suggest you do what I did which is look at the router forums here and do a youtube or google for guys showing how to do router mortise jigs. I also watched Template Tom who is very knowledgable with jigs etc.
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