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Thread: mother of all crosscut sleds
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6th February 2014, 07:32 PM #1
mother of all crosscut sleds
I'm helping out some friends in making a bespoke bookshelf. I'm cutting the kit of parts …… and they will sand
, finish and assemble.
The design has 40 half lapped joints and 8 rebated joints which required 88 (!!!) rebates! I needed divine inspiration so, last Sunday, I went to St Bunnings and noticed a pallet of black film covered ply ON SPECIAL! Thank you St Bunning………..
My shed is too small to store a sled of the necessary size so I made it as follows and it can be disassembled and stacked away afterwards.
The black film is sufficiently 'slippery' to use the ply as a base directly on the table saw ……..
sled01.jpg
so I lay the 600 x 2400 piece on the table top, fitted mitre slides and made a 2400 long fence from 2 pieces of 200 x 2400 x 19 pine and some simple bracing
sled03.jpg
a pair of pigeon holes permitted clamping the 70 x 30 frame timber
sled02.jpg
whereas the pine fence was high enough to clamp the 280 x 30 magnolia shelves (isn't it hard to say magn-0-lia without putting on a Southern American accent!)
sled04.jpg
the geometry is complicated but, after a few hours of concentration, the 6 shelves are finished
sled05.jpg
sled06.jpg
and ready for sanding ….. but NOT by me!
FLETTYa rock is an obsolete tool ......... until you don’t have a hammer!
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6th February 2014, 07:49 PM #2
Necessity is the mother of invention, sleds aren't new but your interpretation is and very well done too
The person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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6th February 2014, 08:46 PM #3
now thats some cross sled Rudolf
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6th February 2014, 11:04 PM #4
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Now that is a REAL solution!!! Well done Fletty!!!
St. BunningI'm tempted to say wash out thy mouth but I see your point.
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6th February 2014, 11:05 PM #5
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27th April 2014, 12:04 AM #6
Thanks Fletty for ALL your effort in taking over this project and finishing it, sorry for having to leave you and Wayne at such short notice to assemble and install.
Magnolia boards were from Greg Ward colour is brilliant Fletty dressed these to size.
Wayne the owner sanded and finished with Water based WoP. No the photo here of Wayne on his hands and knee's was just sanded the rough off so we could check colour of the Magnolia he was using his old and I mean very old Millers Falls belt sander.
We then obtained again from Greg Ward some very nice grained Blackbean for the frame to contrast stunning stuff.
Photos of the man himself assembling it for my neighbour, I didn't get finished shots as I/we had to race off to baby sit 2 grandsons.
Made to order with much of the design done by Fletty.
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27th April 2014, 06:52 PM #7
Got to take photos of finished project this afternoon
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27th April 2014, 08:20 PM #8
Has finished up great.
Very nice timbers used, beautiful grain.
Looks like a great team effort.
Steven.
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27th April 2014, 09:03 PM #9
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28th April 2014, 09:15 AM #10
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blackbean
Beautiful and rare. Great job!
Greg
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29th April 2014, 10:29 AM #11
Greg your spot on there its one of a kind and with out Flett's know how and expertise this would have ended up a dogs breakfast ...........not by me.
If anyone ever comes across or wants to work Magnolia I'd highly recommend it even tho i only worked a small part of this I have some 6"x6"x1 1/4" blank off cuts to turn so will get more of a chance yet.
Greg if you or Mal find anymore of it let me know please.
Ray
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30th April 2014, 05:22 PM #12
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magnolia
Plenty here mostly 40mm thick if you need any.
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Greg
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