Thread: Mitre-jointed jarrah table

Well done Rocker.

Great stuff Rocker!!

Is the table for anything special?

Your mortice jig has really come into it own!

After the profiles of the leg halves and aprons were bandsawn, leg halves were glued to each end of the aprons (Photo 5). The mitres on the leg edges were then cut on the table saw using a sacrificial MDF fence (Photo 6). The inner edges of the leg/apron assemblies were then faired and rounded over, before the two pairs of leg/apron assembles were glued up (Photo 7) to form two matching L-shaped assemblies. Note that the sub-assembly in the foreground of Photo 7 is only dry-assembled with biscuits to the L-shaped assembly that is being glued. It serves to facilitate the clampling.

In photo 8 the two L-shaped leg-apron sub-assemblies are being glued to each other to complete the table's frame, using a Veritas 4-way speed clamp.

Rocker

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Beautiful table Rocker! Love the progress shots.
Thanks
RufflyRustic

Photos 9 and 10 show the completed leg joints. Unfortunately, I did not have sufficient matching stock to make the top (Photo 11) larger. It would then have been in better proportion to the legs, which are a bit too stout for the size of the table. I glued up the top using Techniglue epoxy, in order to to avoid getting the ribbed glue-lines that often occur on table tops, if you use PVA glue, owing to its tendency to creep.

The entire table is made from 20 mm thick stock. It is surprisingly quick and easy to make, if you have the jigs to cut the mitres and the mortices.

I finished the table with three coats of a 40-40-20 mixture of danish oil, gloss polyurethane and mineral turps, rubbed in with fine wet/dry sandpaper, and polished it with a coat of EEE wax.

Rocker

Well done, one of the best pieces of furniture i have seen on this site.

For me, if i could build a table that well i could retire happy, knowing my ambition was fullfilled.

Very nice piece of work.

Very nice table - I like the unusual legs. Great work.

A nice elegant table and well done.
If you are worried about the thickness of the top you can always edge-band it with a thicker piece of timber to give the appearance of a thicker top. You could even use a different timber to contrast the banding rather than trying to blend it.
I've seen people do that on TV woodworking shows when they use a thin sheet of expensive ply.

Originally Posted by MajorPanic

Is the table for anything special?

Major,

In answer to your query, I was tempted to launch into a discourse on the meaning of life, the universe, ... and everything; but I made the table mainly just to attempt a new challenge, and to use up my remaining stock of jarrah. The table will probably end up with one of my nieces in England, where jarrah is as rare as hen's teeth.

Adrian,

I was not concerned about the thickness of the top, but by its small area. I would have liked to have made the aprons longer and the top longer and wider, so that the legs would seem more slender in relation to the top. I could not make the legs more slender than they are, since that would mean using thinner stock, which would have made the joinery too weak.

Rocker

Well done, Rocker! Love the progress shots, too & your jigs! A very professional finish, too!

Thanks for sharing,

Jill

Nice table. Too hard to tell from the pics, but from what I can see, it all seems in proportion. Legs don't look too heavy.




But I still hate mitres.

Originally Posted by outback

Nice table. Too hard to tell from the pics, but from what I can see, it all seems in proportion. Legs don't look too heavy.

My opinion also. I can't see anything wrong with the proportions.
I've seen similar hall tables on the Antiques Roadshow and they look pretty much the same.

Very professional work, I also like the cut of your jig.