working on a bench with storage for my wife's craft room.
First dry fit of aprons and legs.
tops of the legs will be mitered and connected with a rail. used a home made mortising jig and router with collar. not quite a domino but gets me there for weird mortises.
top rail still oversized to allow for the curve
end assemblies dry fit
piece of the top and some unmilled slats to give the general idea
end assembly with curves cut and legs shaped. roughed out with my #7 and spokeshave, finished with a high angle blade in a couple different planes, a little scraping and a little sanding. 1 coat of Arm-R-Seal semi gloss.
14 slats and 28 mortises later
a little cleaning up of the slats and on to the top.
the top will be "captured" by the curved rails. meaning, i have to have it ready when i do my final glue up or i won't be able to get it in place, i can't just drop it in.
thats my current project, been pretty fun, especially those large miters.
First dry fit of aprons and legs.
tops of the legs will be mitered and connected with a rail. used a home made mortising jig and router with collar. not quite a domino but gets me there for weird mortises.
top rail still oversized to allow for the curve
end assemblies dry fit
piece of the top and some unmilled slats to give the general idea
end assembly with curves cut and legs shaped. roughed out with my #7 and spokeshave, finished with a high angle blade in a couple different planes, a little scraping and a little sanding. 1 coat of Arm-R-Seal semi gloss.
14 slats and 28 mortises later
a little cleaning up of the slats and on to the top.
the top will be "captured" by the curved rails. meaning, i have to have it ready when i do my final glue up or i won't be able to get it in place, i can't just drop it in.
thats my current project, been pretty fun, especially those large miters.
