Thread: Bevel Edge on Table - How to ? Tips ?

Use an electric planer to take off the bulk, then a number 4 hand plane to finish it off. Make a bevel template to check it all along as you go, clamp it down to the bench when planing as it needs to be even.

A very long time ago I had the same issue with my first coffee table. I didn't own a plane, but someone gave me a nice long scraper. The scraper was fixed to the end of a block of wood. The block was held flat on the table top, and bit by bit that bevel was scraped into existence. From memory, it only took an hour or two.

Perhaps you could rough plane it to start with, and finish off with a scraper. The only trick is to somehow hold the scraper at a constant angle, and I'm sure you can figure that out.

Originally Posted by riverbuilder

Use an electric planer to take off the bulk, then a number 4 hand plane to finish it off. Make a bevel template to check it all along as you go, clamp it down to the bench when planing as it needs to be even.

Thanks, I do have an electric planer - will give that a try, but I assume using just a #4 would be fine too? Will just take longer ...

Cheers
Mal

If you have a table saw, you could make a high fence, and after tilting your blade, run the panels through on their edge.

Originally Posted by draconus

I have looked around the www and a lot of people tend to use table saws and routers for this. I have neither.

Lance, it's nice to see even the younger people here doing stuff like this. Gives me hope that maybe I'm not as bad as I suspect I am.

Originally Posted by aldav

Lance, it's nice to see even the younger people here doing stuff like this. Gives me hope that maybe I'm not as bad as I suspect I am.

Ha ! thanks - at almost 64 it's not often that I get referred to as 'younger people' ! Magic...

Just off the top off my head during a cup of tea for what it’s worth, what about a type of shooting board. A couple of wedges to hold the top at the desired angle, a strip the width of the blade edge to plane edge attached to timber for the plane support and the wedge set lower than the strip at the desired edge thickness. Something like this.

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Originally Posted by aldav

Lance, it's nice to see even the younger people here doing stuff like this. Gives me hope that maybe I'm not as bad as I suspect I am.

GAH! I even read the OP twice to check if a lack of TS was mentioned. Then after reading your response read it again trying to see where you got that quote from. It was only on the forth time that I found it. How embarrassing!

Sorry draconus for my less that helpful response.

Originally Posted by apple8

Just off the top off my head during a cup of tea for what it’s worth, what about a type of shooting board. A couple of wedges to hold the top at the desired angle, a strip the width of the blade edge to plane edge attached to timber for the plane support and the wedge set lower than the strip at the desired edge thickness. Something like this.

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Novel, indeed... thanks

Originally Posted by draconus

Ha ! thanks - at almost 64 it's not often that I get referred to as 'younger people' ! Magic...

I wasn't referring to you draconus. However, at 'almost 64' you are younger than me.

Its all good mate - my eyes often see what isn't there as well

Originally Posted by draconus

Greetings,

Am looking at a simple bedside Shaker table project over the Xmas holidays...my first bit of 'proper' furniture.

I want to put a bevel edge on the underside of the table top as per the picture below Have not done one of these before.

I have looked around the www and a lot of people tend to use table saws and routers for this. I have neither.
Again I couldn't find a lot of info on using hand planes to fashion the bevel so would appreciate some advice/tips on the best way to do this.


TIA

Cheers
Mal

Proper Furniture! Assembled with biscuits . Errr, OK. . Domino or dowel is a bit better and M&T a lot better. I'm talking the fun factor getting better. The part when you put in the glue and clamp the sections together.

Anyway
The bevel under the top . Just finger gauge some lines where you want it to finish and send a hand plane in that direction with the top flipped and held securely . Like between your bench dogs . Or clamped to a work table .
I have all sorts of machines but that is still how Id finish it . I would do it on my table saw first then skim the saw marks off as mentioned.
No Table saw though, just plane it all the way . Here's a similar job using a Badger plane . The panels (3 of them ) were sawn first to give me a good start.

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Rob

Originally Posted by auscab

Proper Furniture! Assembled with biscuits . Errr, OK. . Domino or dowel is a bit better and M&T a lot better. I'm talking the fun factor getting better.....

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Rob

Indeed ! the only biscuits I'm interested in are the ones I can dunk Will be using traditional joints on this one.

Cheers
Mal

Originally Posted by draconus

Greetings,

Am looking at a simple bedside Shaker table project over the Xmas holidays...my first bit of 'proper' furniture.

I want to put a bevel edge on the underside of the table top as per the picture below Have not done one of these before.

Bevel Edge.png

I have looked around the www and a lot of people tend to use table saws and routers for this. I have neither.
Again I couldn't find a lot of info on using hand planes to fashion the bevel so would appreciate some advice/tips on the best way to do this.


TIA

Cheers
Mal

Mal, use a gauge to strike the boundary lines around the circumference. Then simply plane away with a jack plane. Use a small smoother to finish.

Do the end (cross grain) panels first, and finish with the long grain panels.



Regards from Perth

Derek