Well, since my last post I have change jobs, bought two new
cars, and my wife was away visiting her family for a month. So needless to say shop time was non-existent. But now that I’m getting settled into my new
job and my wife has returned, I was able to get back into the shop. So far I have completed the base of the dining
table and glued-up the top.
While there is nothing earth shattering in the construction I’ll
go through a couple of details. The maple
legs were tapered on the table saw using the Rockler Tapering Jig, which works fairly
well. I ended up making the tapper on
the legs a little thicker than the SketchUp model. No reason except it just seemed to look
better. Then aprons were joined to the
legs using Festool dominos (two 8 X 50 dominos for each joint). The mortises on the legs were placed a little
lower than on the aprons to allow for a ¼” reveal.
The Top was glued up from 4 boards of cherry. I again used 8 X 50 dominos per joint for alignment
purposes only. The overall dimension of
the top will be 30” X 42” which should comfortable seat 4 and fit perfectly in
our breakfast nook. Next I will be
dimensioning the top and cutting a 3” wide edge bevel on the bottom.
At this point my plans are to stain the top after I pre-treat it with Charles Neil’s Pre-Color Conditioner to prevent blotching. Of course, I will be making up some sample boards to dial in my finishing strategy and formula.
Thanks, for stopping by,
TexWood
