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16th March 2015, 04:41 PM #1Member
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Making a small side table from a log round
This is kinda micro-milling and sorta woodwork so apologies if I'm asking this question in the wrong forum.
From the last section of the deodar I've been carving up over the last few months I wanted to have a go at making a very simple small table from a log round to sit by the side of a couch in a house ie not outside where it could be a bit rougher. I want to get this square at both the bottom and the top. The log section is about 350mm at this point.
I can do a rough cut to get a round that's transportable. Any suggestions on how to trim the round to get nice square ends? Would a well sharpened chainsaw with a big enough bar do a good enough job? Or a handsaw used by someone who's a better woodworker than me? Or should I be looking for someone with a big bandsaw?
And I'm guessing that there's someone on this forum who has done this sort of work for indoor use. Should I seal the wood? I think I'll need to remove most of the remaining bark as it's loose and part decomposed. I thought I'd perhaps sand the log a bit to get rid of any dirt. The deodar smells great so 'twould be nice to leave it unsealed but maybe there's some benefits from sealing the round. I guess if it was used to hold drinks the end could be sealed to stop spilt beverages making their way down through the endgrain.
The round is quite heavy. I could make it a bit lighter by carving out the inside.
Dunno.
Haven't done one of these before so grateful for any pointers.
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This reminded me of a video i saw with nick offerman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIA2Xl8P7Es
its a video shop tour of his workshop, but at about the 7:41 mark in the video, he shows some logs which he has flattened and squared all six sides using a common router sled. you could do this to get 2 really nice and parallel faces top n bottom. once sanded it leaves a very good finish, commonly used to level huge slabs of timber for dining tables.
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17th March 2015, 01:18 AM #3
What a coincidence
I have just done one for a mate
It arrived quite out of square top and bottom, cracked and had Bardi grub holes.
I used the Arbortech Turbo plane to remove all the bark and rotten timber from the sides. I then used it to square up the ends. I used plasti-bond to fill the shakes and cracks
I then started sanding through the grits to 320. I would have oiled it, but he wanted it left natural. He and his wife are very happy with it. I thought it was Okay, it was Tuart, very hard to work the end grain
Hope this helps
Willy
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