What are you building with your milled wood? merged

[Brian Harnett]

How could I make legs for a slab table like this?View attachment 270848

I am not sure do I need a tenon cutter to make the job nice if so which size is proper? How do you get that butterfly shaped end on the leg ?

I have a computer controlled router I use to cut the joints.

Before that I used to use templates and a router to make joints more time consuming but doable.

A real easy attractive joint is drill though the top into the leg and insert a dowel and put a wedge in the top of the dowel to hold tight, looks good and you have no alignment issues.

 

[lone wolf]

Thanks good tip.

 

[sachsmo]

I have a computer controlled router I use to cut the joints.

Before that I used to use templates and a router to make joints more time consuming but doable.

A real easy attractive joint is drill though the top into the leg and insert a dowel and put a wedge in the top of the dowel to hold tight, looks good and you have no alignment issues.

AHHH,

so that is how you get those inlays so nice!


Thanks for the tip on the wedged dowels. I will put that to use.

 

[lone wolf]

AHHH,

so that is how you get those inlays so nice!


Thanks for the tip on the wedged dowels. I will put that to use.

Tell me about the cutting of the wedge in the dowel , what do you cut it with, what do you use for wedges how thick should they be?

 

[Brian Harnett]

Tell me about the cutting of the wedge in the dowel , what do you cut it with, what do you use for wedges how thick should they be?

I use a bandsaw and cut freehand I cut the taper an inch or more the wedges are cut the same way since they are a wedge joint the angle is not super critical to still have a tight fit.

A handsaw will work in place of the bandsaw.

 

[BlueRider]

Only put glue on one side of the wedge. if you glue both sides you have a greater risk of the dowel coming loose due to seasonal changes. it is better to have a slight cup shaped gap on one side of the wedge with the edges of the dowel still glued than the wedge glued tightly and the dowel coming loose. it is only a sligh thing but it can cause a leg to come loose.

 

[Brian Harnett]

Only put glue on one side of the wedge. if you glue both sides you have a greater risk of the dowel coming loose due to seasonal changes. it is better to have a slight cup shaped gap on one side of the wedge with the edges of the dowel still glued than the wedge glued tightly and the dowel coming loose. it is only a sligh thing but it can cause a leg to come loose.

I have to say in all the years I have been doing it that has never happened to any joint of mine, Is this from actual experience?

 

[lone wolf]

I have to say in all the years I have been doing it that has never happened to any joint of mine, Is this from actual experience?

Only if the wood is not dry enough I see it happen.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I have to say in all the years I have been doing it that has never happened to any joint of mine, Is this from actual experience?

I've never had it happen either......and i've been using that joint on and off since the 70's...

SR

 

[Brian Harnett]

Dining table and benches

The table is made from all wood I milled and dried in my kiln. The legs on the benches are an African hardwood sapele I bought.

Just love the hard maple I milled up a lot of really nice boards.

DSCN0056 by Brian Harnett, on Flickr


DSCN0053 by Brian Harnett, on Flickr

 

[820wards]

Brian,

Beautiful job!

jerry-

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Got the beech that i had milled mid summer back from the kiln today. Had the sawmill plan it down to 7/8" from 5/4" so i dont have so much planning to do. It cracked up alot, but hopefully theres enough good wood to build a dressor or a bed frame with drawers.

Gonna make a clock out of this piece of tulip tree.

 

[Brian Harnett]

Got the beech that i had milled mid summer back from the kiln today. Had the sawmill plan it down to 7/8" from 5/4" so i dont have so much planning to do. It cracked up alot, but hopefully theres enough good wood to build a dressor or a bed frame with drawers.

Gonna make a clock out of this piece of tulip tree.

I am putting a big load of spalted beech in my kiln tomorrow.

 

[BobL]

Remember this?


Well I was back down at the farm for 9 days helping my friends set up the new woodshop and building a new workbench from logs I milled for them back in 2009.
New Panel Saw, Bandsaw, planers, sanders plus a heap of Festool power tools

Here is a shot of the shop the timber being used for the workbench


Apart from the top which is biscuit and glued there is no glue or metal fasteners used to join the pieces in the base.
The base is held together using 3/4" hand made Jarrah (Hardwood) dowels


Here is a close up of one of the joints


Here is a pic of Sandi making the dowels

Sandi is a fast learner and did about half of the work on the bench, plus she looks after their small herd of cattle and keeps cooking up a country storm every night in the kitchen

Finished product - it's getting a Lee Valley twin screw vice on it as well


It sure was fun setting up a brand new workshop (I also went shopping with them for the woodworking machines) from scratch.

Plus I can go and use this shop anytime I like - pity it's 5 hours away

 

[BobL]

I wouldn't worry about adding a clock - it would just detract from the great shape and feel of that piece. I have similar pieces just hanging on the wall like that so that I can appreciate them for the wood.

 

[PhilB]

Bob,

That bench looks like it will last at least a hundred years. Nice craftsmanship.

Phil

 

[Brian Harnett]

Nice looking bench, what kind of snake is hanging out under the log?

 

[qbilder]

Nice looking bench, what kind of snake is hanging out under the log?

Obviously not a poisonous one :msp_scared: Good eyes

 

[strangersfaces]

Nice looking bench, what kind of snake is hanging out under the log?

Answer in Post #8 from BobL's "Milling Holiday number 2" thread...

 

[stonykill]

real nice Bob