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15th July 2010, 08:38 PM #1Novice
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Hsc major work
Hi guys.
Im making foosball table for my hsc major work and am close to completing it.
Here is my question.
While joining the foosball table together at some joints there are gaps since i might have not cut it square etc...
What would be the best thing to do about it. The gap is about1mm in width. I was thinking to either cut a timber wedge out of the same type of timber and gluing it into the gap or I could mix some maple saw dust with pva glue then spread that into the gap or I could just leave the gap as is.
Wood putty is not an option since it looks very bad when finished.
Help wood be greatly appreciated as I am getting closer to the completion date which is 16/8/10.
Here are some pictures.
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15th July 2010, 10:25 PM #2Skwair2rownd
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A thin sliver of timber, or as you say- a wedge, would be my choice I don't think PVA and sawdust will do a satisfactory job.
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16th July 2010, 10:05 AM #3
Wedge is my vote.
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16th July 2010, 02:11 PM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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OK - it really depends where the gaps are & what finish you plan to use. I am never a fan of trying to hide mistakes, it usually ends up looking just like a disguised mistake .
If these gaps are on visible areas of your table & you intend to finish with a natural timber look, I would try to turn them into a design element by perhaps carefully widening all teh joints by a set ammount & putting some contasting infil or maybe a beaded fillet or some such. Better to make a feature than try & hide a mistake, if at all possible.
If the gaps are not in a visible area or if yu plan to paint the project, then maybe the glued in wedge would be OK. Don't try & use putty or sawdust & glue. If painting, you could use epoxy, then scrape & sand to level beforehand
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16th July 2010, 06:10 PM #5Novice
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A feature strip would have been good but I can't since it is not one continuous joint.
I'll point it out in the picture.
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16th July 2010, 06:28 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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Hmm... are those legs flush with the rails? And have you glued up yet?
You could run a narrow rebate down the legs from top to bottom & glue in a small beading profile that is a mm or so wider than the leg. This would fill the gap without being obviously a patch-up. This will be easier if you have not glued up. If you have it can still be done, and would be easiest with a rail guided saw or router such as Festool.
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16th July 2010, 07:29 PM #7Novice
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I have glued already
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16th July 2010, 07:32 PM #8Novice
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the legs are not flush with the rails
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16th July 2010, 08:23 PM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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Ok -so the rebate & beading would work, but yuo would need to be very careful about cutting the rebate.
The other suggestion is to add a simple geometric decorative inlay to the rails. A triangle might work.
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16th July 2010, 08:48 PM #10Novice
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How would I cut out the inlay. Would I do it with a chisel
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16th July 2010, 08:50 PM #11Novice
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If i was to cut a rebate wouldn't that just open the gap and maybe cause the foosball table to be unstable
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16th July 2010, 09:07 PM #12SENIOR MEMBER
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The rebate would only be shallow - maybe 6mm deep so would not affect the structural integrity of the table.
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16th July 2010, 09:21 PM #13SENIOR MEMBER
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You would need crisp edges, so the outline cut deeply with a marking knife (stanley knife etc would do) and then material removed with a chisel & possible small router plane (could use a samll router, but it is very easy to make a big mistake with power tools) Inlay recess only needs to be shallow - maybe 2mm. You have to get a fairly flat surface on the bottom of the recess to allow the glue to adhere.
Here is a link with some ideas
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