Thread: One more time with feeling, more tables

Looking very good mate

How are you finding the cedar to work with?

Hi Guys, 3TS, if you look at the third photo in post #26 you can see where I have pinged out my lines with the chalk line, I then slice them up with the circular saw. I haven't jointed these yet but they will get an initial run through the joiniter to get them close. I will then depending how they come together touch them up or get them perfect with the LN No 7 jointer. I will get each joint sitting perfectly so once glued they only require firm gentle pressure to give me a perfect joint. If you have to use clamps to pull them together you are building in stresses that may cause problems later.

Andy, the Cedar is very esay to work and light to move around compared to many timbers I use but you have to be extremely careful not to bump or bruise it untill you get some finish on it. The legs have already had two coats of Feast Watson Floor Finish. Time permitting this table will get maybe five coats, then the polish treatment.

I see you have a helper in picture three on post 30. One of the neighbours that does not mind the noise. At least this way they can not complain as they are wearing hearing protection.

Great work with some robust size timbers there CH! I'm struggling with things 1/4 the size.

I suspect my noisiest tool is the aldi vac. I've had that on a lot while sanding through the grits to clean up tearout in my table top and not only is it loud, it has an annoying piercing frequency.

Believe it or not one of the other annoying noises for the nieghbour was endlessly bashing away with the mallet chopping out mortices.

Happy Sunday morning guys, Christos, the ear muffed accomplice is my youngest, just finished year ten and out of school for weeks on end, I'm going to second his labour whenever I can. The 3.6m slabs were a little tricky to put through the thicknesser on my own and I don't want to dent them. Here by known as Jack Hama, (Jonathan/Jono is called Jack by his grandfather) I also had him make a timber box for my Sumitsubo line. Still needs a lot of guidance with his woodwork but he is very neet.

Hey Fuz, yes the pounding of large mortices can be anoying, my other noisey thing is a GMC vac but I don't use it very often, I have it hooked up to my drop saw so its only on for a few seconds.

Originally Posted by Claw Hama

Here by known as Jack Hama,

Poor kid but at his age

Your a tough old fellow CH he should be down the beach or riding scrub bikes scarying wildlife

Hi Wheelin, he does/did enough of that sort of thing. These days tehy just walk the streets with their mates and get into mischef. If you where them out at work a bit you take some of the fizz out of them and give them some experience at the same time. I used to put apprentices on each year and used to interview 15 - 40 year olds all day. It was amazing how many couldn't read a street directory or knew what a philips head screw driver was. And if they want money, come and work with me, wash my car, sweep up, make a box for me, etc

Todays progress, slab selection - who goes with who, its big - takes up my whole shed, jointing - pulling 3.5C's with my plane! not G's, 3.5m curlies. Doweling and glue up.

CH is that table in photo 2 the one waiting for delivery to a client.

Hi Bob
The current build 3.5m x1.2m table top is sitting on top of two work benches. Its like trying to build a 50ft boat in a bath tub

Nice progress mate - I know what you mean with the cedar and being light and easy to mark. I'm just about finished on my small table and found that I needed to be very careful.

Andy

do you joint using hand plane?
as jointing big boards on the jointer is a pain in the butt.

Yep, all jointed with the LN No 7, at 3.5m it was better to put them in my side vice and hand joint them than trying to juggle them on the jointer. I need to fasten the jointer to the ground so it doesn't tip up. I find I get a finer line from the hand plane than the jointer. If you can do a realy slow feed on the jointer its ok but with slabs this size its a mission. And as Andy and I have said above a slight bump and you have damaged your Cedar.