Shawn Curry, Looks good so far. Take your time so you can cleanly close out the job. Great selection on the legs!! That grain is ELECTRIC man, I love it.
If you get one face flat then cut the biscuits from that face on all boards it should be true; correct?
He may be referring to the mating faces, but yes, the point is still true.....as long as the surface used for the glueup is flat.
I've glued boards together before on something flat leaving the joint imperfect....the sawed the joint on my table saw and reglued. It's hard to get those wide glue ups to lay flat.
Absolutely. Best practice is to clamp over, then under, and follow that pattern. Helps even out the pressure pulling the boards into a cup. From the pictures, Shawn's doing that. Gooder. Just don't crank the clamps like you're trying to squeeze blood from a turnip. Don't know that I've ever had one completely flat.
Yesterday's table pic was the do-over one. This is the other top that I jointed solo. I'm very happy with both of them. Greg has been doing 99% of the surfacing on these slabs and I'm sure glad for his help on this project. It's a beck of a lot more work than I think either of us imagined a couple weeks ago. I worked on the parts for the table some more today. The legs needed a 1-1/4 x 7-3/8" mortise for the stretcher. Those took 4 separate operations - perfect example of things taking longer than imagined. I used a hollow chisel mortise setup on my drill press to chop the short sides, and I used the radial arm to make a plunge cut for the long sides. Then it still took 4 cuts with a jigsaw to free the plug and some chisel work to clean everything up.
Those will be the premier spots to sit at in the whole joint! Excellent job so far Shawn Keep it up, bud!
These pretzels popcorn bags are making me thirsty! Keep up the good work, I'll keep eating until it's done!
papadave has used the term gooder at least twice in this thread so far. Double gooder. That's saying something!
You certainly have been busy! Those look awesome Shawn! You best get to makin more lumber, once these hit the street everyone's going to want you to make them some.
Shawn, your beautiful work speaks volumes for you. I can hardly wait for the finished project and then if all goes well, we hope to see this project after it is installed. We'll need directions to your place and this place of business. Wish we could have made it out there this summer but it did not work out. Hopefully, next year; if not summer then in the fall.
