Thread: Nagashima style ironbark crotch table WIP

This looks interesting, I'm watching.

Watching!

Cracks to be filled in the tops and parts cut from the slab it was dressing and thickness sanding to final sizes, then there's lots of umm and arring about how to get what's in my head to a tangable object, compound angles to cut so only get one chance so go gentle with the cutting and make sure I do right and left hand cuts mark out a bit of a full size plan on the melamine table and go from there.

With the legs cut to length, next is what will be the halved joints at the btm of the legs, I need to be able to hold them at the 9° angle, I had a jig made up to hold wide boards upright on the TS so I modified that by adding some bits of pine to it,
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I didn't think about the grain direction until I came to screw the chipboard onto the bits of pine ohhh end grain into pine, oh well it's only a quick jig, it'll be right says he to himself, nope, as soon as the countersink hit the chipboard that was itok fix that with some dowels
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I am keeping most of the natural edge so an edge stop is not an option, I added a flip stop to the top of the jig to give me my two faces of the joint, I clamp a block to the leg once I have located one face of the joint
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and a bit of a throw together to see what it will look like
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I think the general arrangement will be OK

Pete

I cut the narrow leg half joint today plus the half joint in the rails very carefully just so easy to cut something at the wrong angle, I also installed an additional DE line for overhead use on the TS,
just a couple of pics today, I use a spacer to set the width of the joint
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Pete

Hi all,
I have had these small tables finished for a while now but just keep getting side tracked with other things and have been slack in getting back to load the pics, I would load more pics but pic attaching is a pain atm, so just a few until I workout the new system....

I decided on spaced cross pieces to form a low shelf using another half depth joint, I cut these joints out using the backsaw and a wooden block clamped to the rail for a guide, ( I wobble too much otherwise), sometimes it's easier to do things by hand rather than set up a machine, I also made a jig to run along the spindle moulder to shape some small feet, I also made a position adjuster for use with the router for when I want to increase the width of a slot or tweaking the position of the slot
cutting the notches in the low rails.JPGlow rail on jig.JPGjig for shaping feet on low rails.JPGposition adjuster.JPG

I think you have worked out how to post the photos.

There was one that did not come up ok. Might not have fully loaded.

Thank you for the update.

I like the grain in the timber Pete, will be great to see the end product, looking good

Three different tables but similliar in the style....
fork table 1.JPGFork table.JPGfork table end.JPGErosion table.JPGErosion table top.JPGLadder table1.JPGLadder table 1.JPGladder table top.JPG

Not sure which one I like best, I like where both forks meet, the carved ends on the erosion, the finish on the ladder



Pete

Great work Pete, they've come up really well. Each one has it's own feature, I like how the top and leg crotch meet, but I think my favorite is the one with ladder legs, they're just right, to my eye at least.

I tending toward the one on picture number four.

Well Pete, I would hate to be forced to choose! they are all excellent tables!!

Great job Pete! I kinda lean towards the eroded end - I think in the flesh it would have great appeal.