Thread: contemporary cherry hall table

thanks guys, yeh i do. and yes the triangle shape is the drawer the drawer base follows the curve and is lined in leather. Ive also got some pics of that main joint which i'll put up soon

pmsl your on my old bench (if you spin those 2 anti clockwise)

Your pictures also intrigue me, Perth your location but snow scene out of the window! ?

ummmmmm its not snowing, it summer! haha i think it just the photo is was about 36 that day

Originally Posted by driftit

ummmmmm its not snowing, it summer! Haha i think it just the photo is was about 36 that day

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Beautiful piece, nice work Driftit

Wow looks great!!!

Very beautiful design and excellent workmanship! Looks elegantly!

P.S. Thanks for a photo of process of work.

Can I ask how you made up the pieces for the tapered lamination?? I read an article (David Charlesworth?) where he made up some double-tapered parts on a jointer, so I'm sure single-tapered could be done the same way....

Just wondering if there is a better way to do it........bandsaw, tablesaw???

Cheers

Originally Posted by Mr Brush

Can I ask how you made up the pieces for the tapered lamination?? I read an article (David Charlesworth?) where he made up some double-tapered parts on a jointer, so I'm sure single-tapered could be done the same way....

Just wondering if there is a better way to do it........bandsaw, tablesaw???

Cheers

Yes it is interesting.

You use what glue at lamination?

first of all i cut my laminates to 8.2mm on the resaw, then i spent ages sharpening and tuning the ticknesser! very important! then i put a stop block on the end of my taper lamination jig which is the long piece of mdf in the last lot of photos which just referenced all the laminations. Then i set the thicknesser to the height where it would take off 1mm from the highest point and passed each laminate through individually, after all 25 laminates are passed through i drop the thicknesser by another mm and continue passing each laminate through. This is done until the lamiantes reach 3mm at the small end (each laminate tapers from 8mm to 1mm) the next 2 passes take .50mm to get the small end down to 2mm and the final mm is taken in 4 passes. It was a verrrrrrryyyyyy long process and quite wasteful to but the end result was quite good

It is also crucial that lamination jig is accurate, each block on mine was accurate to about 2 hundredths of a mm and the glue used was epoxy (techniglue)

ahhhhh - all becomes clear !

Now I see how your MDF jig worked; a spacer the thickness of the desired total taper reduction placed at full length, then intermediate spacers placed for support. Did you calculate the thickness of the intermediate spacers, or just measure the gap at various points (keeping the two MDF surfaces flat) and make pieces to fit??

Also, did the laminations just sit on the jig (I can see it has an end stop), or did you hold them down with double-sided tape as the whole carriage went through the thicknesser? I know that the feed rollers should keep everything together, but......these things have a tendency to go BANG

I use Techniglue for laminations as well - very good stuff. I've found West System to be a bit too thin without using fillers, etc.

The finished piece is spectacular, and well worth all the time and effort that you obviously put into it !!

Cheers

i calculated the taper, made the top and bottom sizes, then kept halving the spaces until they were about 75 mm apart. and no i didnt put the top part of the jig on then put the other spacers in. i calculated the size of each specific block with digital calipers made a centre line and glued and nailed them. And to your other question they just sit on there, the force of the rollers and the fact that they are pushing into the stop block means that i didnt need anything on there. If i did i would have been at the thicknesser for about a month! took me almost 2 days to do it this way Yeh techniglue seems to be good although this is my first lamination attempt so i wouldnt no much about different glues!

Great laminating. I take it your in your second year?