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    Smile back into it

    After about 2 years since completing year 12 and finally getting on my feet along with my apprenticeship decided it's time I started a new project, since my last post was my year 12 major and got such a large response and alot of great feedback, what better way to help decided then to put it all to youse. Alright so iv decided to make a Chinese style table with the flared out curved legs, I'm going with a light and dark contrast, the dark being American walnut which I picked up today the light however I'm unsure of and would value anyone's input, I also have a large iron bark burl slab my father gave me which I think would look great as the centre peice.
    I have attached images of the sketch up of the table I also uploaded a photo of my year 12 major for all those who haven't seen it.
    Also after attending a swap meet in Saturday I picked up alot of old tools in great nick for extremely cheap including a no3 stately bailey plane, an old spoke shave, couple marking gauges, a disston tenon saw,a wilson lovatt and sons set square and a Swedish made chisel which I got for $2 which now is as sharp as a razor after I gave it a bit of TLC anyways that's all for now will upload picks and progress as I go, all input is valued
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    That should be a nice table when it's done, and it's good to see you doing a proper design & cutting list.
    I reckon the ironbark would probably look good as the centre panel, but it's really personal preference.

    I like your yr 12 project, too - hope you scored a good mark for it!
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    It never leaves the blood. Its the human condition to want to use our hands. Its in our biology to build and create.

    That year 12 project was a marvel, I remember it well.

    AlexS said it well...CUT LIST!. By Jove, a cut list...now there is something that hasn't graced a wall or sketch book here for a long time. I will have to use one on my next project!

    Remember, antho94, photos! Lots of photos! Even the progress. It would be good if you could keep a write up as many of the methods I use are quite possibly wrong/antiquated and it would be good to see it from a young perspective.

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    Cheers guys, yea I wanted to make sure everything was done right don't wanna be fiddling around and trying to measure things wanted to just be able to go to the drawing and get my cutting sizes takes away guess work, besides working as a cabinet maker always working to a cutting list so why stop now thanks for the input and I sure will be putting the slab as the centre, got a couple of yellow box pieces today with the old man and slabbed them up on his meat bandsaw did really well and the pieces look awesome have attached pics Sorry it's been a while be busy at work with all the work basically falling back on me cause the tradesman been having alot of time off, after doing some calculations with the American walnut I have I'm thinking of adding a strip of yellow box to each leg in the centre will add it to the drawing when I get home, just to get the height I desire I think it'll look alright,
    Also think I'm going to make another curved table after this anyways I'll keep youse posted
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    Nice work on your year 12 project. I didn't see the original thread (anyone got a link) but was wondering how you did the bending for the legs. Steam bending or laminations?

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    https://www.woodworkforums.com/f251/hsc-major-project-hall-stand-144060
    https://www.woodworkforums.com/f11/hall-table-finished-157297
    First one is the original thread last one is the finished one with more pics
    And I laminated it mate cut the jarrah into 3mm thicknesses on the bandsaw stuck.them in a tube over the weekends and let soak took them out put them in the mould let dry took them out glued them up and stuck them back in

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    I figure that if it has been 2 years since you finished year 12 you must be at or about 20, maybe a bit less. So you have many years ahead in which to develop your skills, which it seems are already outstanding. We live in an age which does not place a fair value on skills like yours unfortunately. The ability to fiddle accounting books and make weapons seems to be more socially desirable unfortunately. You have though, been born in a time were access to knowledge via the internet gives you and I a chance to easily obtain skills in a way other generations would not have dreamed possible. And as you have found good tools are easily and cheaply obtained. Even new, high quality tools are relatively cheaper, I think than 30 years ago.

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    Hey everyone sorry it's been so long, works been crazy hard to catch a break, but finished all my tafe work for the year 5 weeks early so iv started making it there which is a bonus because it has everything.

    Anyways so I cut and glued up the timber for the legs today, milled them up to 90x58 and a hieght of 420 as the original size of 550 was just a guess and the average coffee table size is 450 so thats been changed. the timber came up a treat, and the grain figures are gorgeous, being so straight grained is making it a breeze especially with the milling. I positioned the blocks in order to where I want each leg and what figure I want showing then labelled them and did the same on the drawing so I know what curves go where and the top from the bottom.

    Then came the fun part figuring out the curves because it has 3 all up on each leg all different so a bit of free hand sketching went on, on a piece of 4mm cut to the timber dimensions run that through the bandsaw and sanded it ip now have a template for the rest of them, did the same with the narrower curve on the front face this time bending a long piece of 5 mm between points and asking a mate to trace it for me.
    After transferring the lines to the timber block, set up the bandsaw and went to it cut into the first curve and stopped 10mm from the Center came in from the other side same thing so I still had a square block.to do the second curve with once that was removed cut the last 10mm on the first cut and the leg came up a treat, now that I know this way will work well can start on the other 3.
    I'm.using the old spoke plane I bought at a swap meet to finish off the curves which will also curve into the Center of each face as the spoke plane has a curved blade I think this will really add to the visual side of things on the legs.
    Anyways thats where I'm up to will upload all the pictures as well.
    That's all for this week will update next wesdnesday
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    So, so far today iv finished cutting out the legs and began carving it back to the desired curve, I must say working with this timber is a delight everything from gluing to cutting to carving is just going so smooth.

    After matching up all the legs and checking that all the curves are identical to each other on all 4, I sanded the faces back and then proceeded to mark out the final curve, as I want this unit to look like the legs bend from all sides the flat back face had to be curved to match the face but still flair out at the base, by measuring the narrowest part of the leg and then using that measurement to mark markers to draw the curve to and using one of the jigs with the original curves I was able to achieve the desired look, hopefully have them all done by today then start looking at cutting up the rails so keen to get this unit done.

    On another note finally made myself a work bench as my grandfather gave me the pool shed to use its about time I start setting it up for my use allowing me to get everything completed sooner and keep everyone updated more frequently.
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