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Just a Pine Bedside table project
Well, short vacation from projects came to an end. Single Brain Cell Sketch Up has come up with a plan! Right now, there is a folding TV Tray beside MY side of the bed......needs to be gotten rid of. Maybe build a Shaker STYLE table?
Tastes would be for a hardwood, like Oak, Walnut, or Cherry......Budget say...Pine. Those that follow along with this project are free to use whatever lumber they want.
Went to the Blue Borg today, spent my "limit" of $20 and change in the pocket. A 1 x 4 x 8', a 1x 8 x 8', and a 2 x 4 x 8'.......tried to get the best of the racks.....took awhile. Military ID got me a 10% discount, too!
Took a bit of work to get 8' long items down the steps into the Dungeon Shop.....just making the three turns from the back door to the basement door took some doing. ( Just can't sit still, when there's lumber to be cut...)
Laid the 1 x8 on the bench, and a nearby bench.....not much room down here. Laid out for a few 27" long pieces. Had a gap between a couple of them, nasty area full of knots. A Skil 6-1/2" circular saw did the cuts....my crosscut handsaw is out for a sharpening. Laid the three planks onto the bench.....a bit too wide, as I needed just 17" in width......resawed one of the planks, mainly to get rid of a couple bad knots, anyway.....Placed that into the leg vise..
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And ran the jointer along both edges. Ohio Tool Co. No. 0-7. Made a lot of nice curlies..
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Since I was "running the jointer", might as well do the two wide bodies, too...
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laid them all out again, on a couple pipe clamps...17" wide. Just about what I needed.
Hate pipe clamps, they roll over when you don't want them to, boards do not slide well on the pipes. One was having "issues" and needed a pair of visegrips to keep the end from just sliding away...block of wood and a mallet to flatten things down onto the clamps, long enough to get the middle clamp in place..
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Had to find enough room to put all of this together.....left side is in the air, held up by a block in front, and the mitre box station in the rear.
Will let this mess sit overnight.....sitting here peeling dried glue off of me. Legs for this table are to be tapered....best way to do that is with a plane, or two...anyone want to try their hand? I need to resaw the leg blanks down, first. Tapers are on the two inside faces of the legs. Aprons? I have that 1 x 4 for those....with enough left over for MAYBE a narrow drawer? Supposed to be fun....we'll see. Stay tuned to this..Batty Channel:eek: