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    Default Red Gum and Huon Pine Hall Table Build

    Hi all,

    This is the story of the build of a hall table. (with pics)


    Step one. Timber selection and making the legs.

    Pic 1 shows some of the timber which will be involved with the build. The Red Gum for the base and top edging was sourced from two different suppliers, mainly because I couldn't get one particular size from one supplier.

    So most of the timber is DAR, one board is rough sawn. I'm hoping it will have some decent figure in it, but because it will be used to make the side and back rails, this is not so critical. The DAR Red Gum board on the left will be used for the front rail, which will also be a drawer front. At present I am unsure as to whether or not I shall make a dovetail jointed "box" from radiata Pine (board at right) and attach it to the front rail, or use some other method of joining, such as dominoes. The base of the drawer will be ply with a black felt covering.

    One thing, though, you can see the figure in the wood on the left and this will come up beautifully when finished with Hard Burnishing Oil (HBO).

    Pic 2 shows the legs after they were cut to length from 65 x 65mm Red Gum squares. There is good figure in the wood. The dimensioned legs were marked with a template and passed through a generic 17" band saw.(Pic 3)
    I should probably look at setting up a jig for the Table Saw, or invest in the Frontline Bandsaw device.

    I shall clean the legs (Pic 4) tomorrow with a plane (probably a LN low angle smoother, or LN No 4 with a high angle frog.) followed by sanding with the ETS150/3 up to 400g, ready for oiling and further processing.

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    HI LGS
    So far so good looking foward to see wip. john.

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    Sounds goods LGS

    Are you making the design up as you go or do you have plans/sketchup drawings etc?


    Always like seeing a drawing come to life.


    joez

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    Hi Joe,

    Mostly the design is in my head This table is based on one I made a couple of years ago. (see Pics). I do draw sketches, mostly to satisfy myself that the dimensions I imagine will give the piece satisfactory dimensions and to give myself a cutting list.

    Regards,

    Rob

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    Finishing the legs

    Today, being miserable and Mothers' day besides, I only managed to get the legs sanded and planed ready for further processing.
    I used a LN Low Angle smoother to plane out the rough edges of the legs and then a LN No 4 smoother with a high angle frog to finish this part of the process. (Fig.1)
    From there it was just a case of going through the grits on the ETS150/3 till I got to 400g. (Fig.2)
    Figure 3. shows the planed and sanded legs.
    Figure 4. simply shows the figure present in the leg timber. The leg has been washed down with Mineral Turps.
    Figure 5.is just to show the figure that will be present in the RG bordering the Huon Pine top.
    More tomorrow...

    Regards,

    Rob

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    Step 2. The rails.

    So now to the rails. I am still uncertain of exactly how high I want these to be, but I think that 120mm might be OK. This will allow a drawer with a 90-100mm height. If you have a drawer, it may as well be useful.
    Pic.1 shows the timber for the back and side rails, which was rough sawn to 25mm deep being thicknessed to 19mm. I was happy to see some figure in the board.
    Pic 2. shows the same board, which was originally 150mm wide being sawn down to 120mm. I used the TS75 to establish a square edge on one side of the board before finishing the other side on the Table Saw.
    Pic. 3 shows the board resting against the legs to give an idea of how 120mm height will look. To me it seems OK, but I may have to wait until I make the top.
    Pic. 4 shows the same board wet down with Mineral Turps to show the figure that is present, but it's not a great photo.

    Regards,

    Rob

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    Damn fine work Rob.
    If you never made a mistake, you never made anything!


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    Step 3. Building the frame part 1

    So, now the rails have been cut, it's time to assemble the base.
    The whole structure is built using Dominoes. Mainly 6mm for the 20mm timber and some 5mm's for the 16mm drawer supports.
    Pic 1 shows the Domino being used to rout a mortise for the front, top drawer support. This is set in 22mm from the front leg edge, to allow for the 19mm drawer face and a 3mm rebate between the edge of the leg and the drawer front. The support rails are 19mm deep x 32mm wide. The final height of the drawer will be 70mm. Not as deep as I wanted, but since it is approx 750mm wide and approx 250mm deep, it will still be functional.
    Pic 2 shows the dominoes and their mortises for the back rail.
    Pic 3 shows the 3mm rebate between the edge of the leg and the rail.
    Pics 4 and 5 show the dry assembled frame.
    I also cut the drawer panels and the drawer "case" and support panels today, which shall be mounted tomorrow.
    The drawer will be a box with the front panel screwed onto it. I have decided to use finger joints to connect the drawer sides.

    Regards,

    Rob

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    And so we continue making the base.
    Today was a case of setting the drawer guides and supports, then oiling and friction sealing the various components ready for glue up tomorrow AM.
    Pic 1 shows the side guide for the drawer. It's made of radiata pine, in part to help lessen the weight of the base ( and thus the whole table)
    Pic 2 shows me planing the guide to ensure smooth running.
    Pic 3 During setting the support dominoes in the back panel I made a slight miscalculation. No problem! I whipped up some 5mm Red Gum dominoes and used one to plug the hole. This pic shows me routing the domino "stick" ready for use.
    Pic 4 shows the domino inserted, with the correct domino in place.

    Back to the build.

    Pics 5 and 6 show the dry knock up with the side guides and supports in place.
    The next task was oiling and friction sealing the components. I used Hard Burnishing Oil, as is my wont, because it's hard to beat the all round durability of HBO especially when it brings up the grain so nicely.
    Pic 7 shows the front board (drawer front) after oiling and wet sanding with 400g. You can see the slurry pretty clearly.
    Pic 8 shows the same board after the full wet sand protocol. The figure really stands out.
    Pic 9 gives an idea of the reflection from the board after the full regime.
    Pic 10 shows how the figure on the legs has really come up.

    So to the glue up....

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    And so to Glue Up.
    Today was given over mostly to gluing the base together and getting everything to fit with everything else. The Huon Pine was delivered this morning, so I planed the faces and took some photos. I still have to dress the edges. I'm thinking dovetails for the drawer now, but they'll be the Leigh D4R variety.
    Pic 1 shows the side panels clamped up.
    Pic 2 shows the whole base clamped and drying. Look at the figure in the legs.
    Pics 3, 4 and 5 show the Huon as it will essentially appear with the Red Gum border. I've decided to make the top about 28mm thick now. It'll add a little more substance without destroying the elegance of the piece.
    Pics 6 7 and 8 show contiguous views of the planed Huon board. You can see the "pillowing' around the bird's eyes and the delicate erratic grain pattern that goes with it. The smell of Huon is beautiful.
    Pic 9 shows the top of a coffee table I made from Red Gum and Huon about 4 years ago. You can see how the Huon has mellowed to a pumpkin colour.
    Pic 10 just shows the base with the drawer panel clamped in place (no drawer yet!) with the Huon board (30mm deep) on top.

    More tomorrow, when I hope to have the top finished and possibly the drawer.

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    Great work there!! I love the contrasting colours of the two iconic timbers!!

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    Thanks Artme, much appreciated.

    Making the Top and starting the drawer.

    The Red Gum and Huon were cut and thicknessed. The Huon was cut to a width of 220mm x 25mm and the Red Gum border to 40mm x 25mm. This gives a top of 1100mm x 300mm. The pieces were joined together using 8 x 50 dominoes then clamped and allowed to dry.
    Pic 1 Shows the Huon being dressed using the TS75.
    Pic 2 Shows the clamping
    Pic 3 Shows the top ready for sanding and oiling.

    The dry top was sanded to 400g dry, then saturated with Organoil Hard Burnishing Oil for about 20 minutes. A second lighter coat was applied and wet sanding begun and continued through to 4000g. The top was then wiped thoroughly with a dry cotton cloth.
    Pic 4 Shows the wet top. The figure in both timbers begins to show.
    Pic 5 Shows the slurry generated by the sanded oil.
    Pic 6,7 and 8 Show the finished top.

    The drawer was assembled using dovetails (Leigh D4R). The sides are 13mm thick.
    Pics 9 and 10 show the assembled drawer sides and the dovetails, dry fitted.
    Tomorrow should see the table finished except for the decision of which side of the top should be upmost. Both sides look beautiful!

    Regards,

    Rob

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    Looking good LGS, nice combination of beautiful timbers, and that finish comes up very nicely. And a great WIP with plenty of pics, it's always fascinating to see how others go about things.
    The time we enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

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    Looking really nice. Good presentation on the your progress.

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    Hi LGS, many thanks for going to the trouble of posting this series of pics. Waht a beautiful end result

    I really enjoy the pics and the comments, as it is the next best thing to being there and watching a craftsman in action. They give us a good indication of what is involved, and inspire us to have a go at making something similiar
    regards,

    Dengy

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