Thread: Small Ironbark crotch table

A very nice slice of timber there Pete, I think figure is sometimes overdone and to me that piece looks just right. I've only done a little bit with Ironbark but I really like the tight dense grain, a classic Aussie hardwood.

Heavy as buggery though! Looking forward to seeing this progress.

Peter.

Hi 3TS, it certainly is dense and heavy, it machines nicely as long as cutters are sharp,
I had a board that had a rough edge so I just sliced it up for some simple legs, but they looked a bit too simple so I added some surface treatment to the front edges the same as the edges of the slab and there will be further shaping
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I have been builing a mortising machine so I was testing it out on the legs for this table.
To follow the shape of the slab I decided on an angled of 9° between each side, I set the short aprons up at the 9° angle, note the offset.
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I set up a twin flip stop to register the ends of the right/left hand legs, I did this so I don't have to re-adjust the travel stops, for 4 legs it's not really worth it but once it's done makes short work of it and I'll use it again
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Pete

Apart from a few more coats of oil and 2 screws + buttons tis done
I decided to glue the legs in one hit, being so cold there's a little more time so worked out well, a bit of cleanup, sanding and a coat of thinned linseed oil,
The colour in the pics is fairly close to actual
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Pete

Nice job Pete, now what to do with it?

Great little project, love those legs and the tippy toe ends. Nice work