Thread: Another raintree veneer table WIP

I'm in, hope its as good as the last one

Another Peter

Originally Posted by pjt

Yep I think it will be a case of working out how to reduce it down to the 50mb (thanks DJ) it's currently 200mb. A video noob here so a bit of time fiddling with video program to work out how to drive it

Two ways of getting out of reducing it would be to either upload to YouTube and link or insert video into your post or split your video into 4 50mb files and upload to forum

That will be something else when finished!!!!

great work so far!!

Originally Posted by DJ's Timber

Two ways of getting out of reducing it would be to either upload to YouTube and link or insert video into your post or split your video into 4 50mb files and upload to forum

Yes, more possibilities, another issue it seems is that Windows Movie Maker or Windows Live Movie Maker only has one option for the type of movie extension .wmmp which the forum doesn't like, Do I need to convert it or use a different movie maker?


Pete

Cannot advised on that Pete as I don't know, hopefully someone else with a bit of know how will be able to let you know.

No worries DJ, I am making progress, I have worked out how to cut bits off the start and end and convert it to a wmv, a bit more to work out and should be able to post something soon.



Pete

Originally Posted by Ueee

Hi Pete,
I'll be keeping an eye on this, even though i'm a bit of a stranger over here....
I would say you can't beat a bookmatch but what i see in pic 3 may not be suitable for a table.....
I do like P1, that wave is subtle yet your eyes are drawn along it nicely.

Hi Ueee, no dramas with visiting, I sometimes visit over where you are
I like the wave, maybe it is telling a story as we move our eyes along the curves.


Pete

The veneer for the aprons will be as I thought back in p4, first tho I wanted to cut and glue a thin strip onto the face of the table top to match up with the veneer on the top, this then showed me where to position the veneer on the aprons, when I made the last one I glued up the front apron veneer as one long piece, this is fine but I had a join in the veneer right next to a leg and it looked odd
join position in previous.jpg

I left the veneer slices as individual pieces so I could position them on the aprons relative to the top
positioning apron veneer.jpg

The front apron with a draw means cutting the veneer into pieces then gluing it back together, I do this to get the draw front as a separate piece and with a bit of luck and some pattern matching it all looks as tho it was meant to be
I cut the veneer with my um ah.....this gadjet marking out thingy What's it called? dodgey memory I made it back in high school, the eagle eyed will see it is a drill bit being used as the point, I sharpen it to a very fine point
veneer cut for front apron.jpgveneer cut with.jpgdrill bit sharpened.jpgveneer glued as one piece.jpg
front apron with veneer glued on.jpg


Next was the same veneer for the backboard, I did start along a different theme with the back but canned it, I think would have looked good but could have been over the top
backboard veneer.jpgside view back.jpgcloseup side view.jpg

The different theme was continuing the top veneers up the backboard
continuing the timbers up the backboard.jpg



Pete

Love your work Pete. I particularly like the way you have done the top.
Can't wait to see the finished top to see how the carry over looks. I like it so far.
Have seen some pretty special work where the theme is carried over two different planes.
Cheers, Ian

The curved parts present that extra bit of work holding difficulty, here's a few pics of some morticing
motice in apron.jpgcloseup mortice in apron.jpgleg brace on mortice table.jpgcloseup leg brace mortice .jpg

The table top will have a piping strip on top and btm edge, I cut the rebate with the router using the radius jig
cutting rebate for piping.jpgcloseup cutting rebate.jpg
This cutter is good for this operation as it's down shear and if I backclimb it doesn't chip the veneer on the front.



Pete

The table is finished and currently in the Tree Frog Gallery at Maleny, I had a few late nights working on completing it before the trip down south, now for the remainder of the WIP pics...

After all parts are morticed comes the gluing, last time I did it in one hit, this time I glued up in sections, if I can get the pics in order we should see a logical sequence, included are some closeups of edge softeners, these prevent crushing of any corners from clamping
gluing center dividers.jpggluing leg brace in to center leg.jpggluing center legs to front apron.jpgcenter leg softener.jpggluing rear apron to legs.jpgrear leg softener.jpggluing side rear aprons 1.jpggluing side rear aprons .jpg

When I built the undercarriage for the bench I designed a deadman to locate on each front leg, non sliding, I then can place a length of timber across two pins in the deadman and support work, in the first pic I am planing the excess from the tails (due to the radius) and the second two I am working on the front edge of the table top, if I relocate a pin I can change the angle of the support timber and raise up (in this case) the work, I wanted to work on the front edge towards the rear
working on the drawer.jpgworking on the front.jpgworking on the front at angle.jpg


After a bit of sanding and a bit of oiling this is how it came up, the brighter pics are with the flash!

And I happened to win the Wootha prize at the Maleny wood show! How bout that?


some finish on the top.jpgfinish on the undercarriage.jpgfinished.jpgfinished 1.jpgfinished 2.jpginlay inline up the back .jpglower view finished.jpga Wootha prize winning entry.jpg


Pete

Pete

Another stunning beautiful table.

Absolutely first class workmanship

Well Done

Wow. What else can be said.
Regards
John