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  1. 14th December 2017, 09:34 PM #1
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    Default A pair of PR tables...

    ...whatever they are.

    My last big project for the year, again for the Mormon church in Samoa, a pair of tables with matching card holders and (suggestion/feedback/???) boxes. Made of their usual American Cherry with a push-to-open drawer. There will be a 32mm marble top and 60mm high stainless steel 'tips' on the end of the legs. The fluting was done on the CNC with a 45mm radius bit and sanded by hand as a single 900x650x14mm panel, then sliced up afterwards and mitred around the frame

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    The drawer faces were done the same way, but 22mm thick in order to have something substantial to screw in to, with a rebate in the top to match the thickness of the rest of the fluting plus a couple of mm travel for the push-open runners

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    The boxes scale down the fluting to a 1/2" radius; same CNC method of production, then mitred around a veneered MDF bottom with a small decorative rebate and a larger rebate to locate the sides of the box. The base plate is 5mm thick, sides are 12mm and the lid is 15mm, with a locating rebate underneath.

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    Fortunately they didn't scale the fluting down again for the card holders Fully machined on the CNC, all 4 in one program using 5 tools, they (along with the box lids) were my first attempt at the "sheet of paper" method of temporary gluing and it worked a treat; fixed rock solid to a sheet of chipboard for machining and popped off with a couple of sharp blows from a dead-blow hammer. The steps at the bottom are 3x1.5mm and the divider between the two card spaces is 3mm thick

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  3. 15th December 2017, 10:58 PM #2
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    Quality work once again.

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  4. 16th December 2017, 01:46 AM #3
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    that fluting is a very nice detail.
    can you comment on the table construction? The fluted aprons appear to have the grain running vertically -- how did the designer make allowance for potential expansion when the tables get to Samoa?
    regards from Alberta, Canada

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  5. 16th December 2017, 10:20 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by ian View Post
    that fluting is a very nice detail.
    can you comment on the table construction? The fluted aprons appear to have the grain running vertically -- how did the designer make allowance for potential expansion when the tables get to Samoa?
    In a nutshell, I don't think they did.

    The legs are 60x60 with 160x21mm dowelled pine rails. Cherry is quite a stable timber in my experience, so basically I'm hoping that spreading the glue over the entire surface, including the mitres, (rather than a zig-zag with the glue bottle) and some tight clamping is going to be enough to hold it.
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  6. 17th December 2017, 09:35 AM #5
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    I'm far from knowing much about the Mormon church, but I would suspect that these are 'voting' tables. The card holders hold blank voting cards and writing implements and the boxes take the completed votes. Don't ask me what the PR stands for though.

    Very nice job Elan. God knows (pun intended) how much work that scalloping would be without the CNC. Just the sanding would have done my head in.
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  7. 17th December 2017, 11:06 AM #6
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    Another lovely example of high quality work Elan. Good to see where the tithe goes
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    Quote Originally Posted by elanjacobs View Post
    In a nutshell, I don't think they did.

    The legs are 60x60 with 160x21mm dowelled pine rails. Cherry is quite a stable timber in my experience, so basically I'm hoping that spreading the glue over the entire surface, including the mitres, (rather than a zig-zag with the glue bottle) and some tight clamping is going to be enough to hold it.
    fingers crossed
    regards from Alberta, Canada

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  9. 18th December 2017, 07:31 AM #8
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    Truly good craftsmanship there!!
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  10. 18th December 2017, 03:59 PM #9
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    This is a beautifully executed piece. The austerity of the design is so apt for its future use and the proportions look perfect. The Golden Ratio?

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