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Ok, break's over. Selected a rather plain-looking 4/4 x 6 and went to the shop.
Needed a few aprons, and what was left would make a couple stretchers. Again, bandsaw to rip to width....then a mitre saw to cross cut the smaller pieces.
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And got out some smaller planes to remove the saw marks..
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But, there was a "problem" with this plain looking wood....when I planed away the saw marks..
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What I thought was just planer marks..
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Turned out to be a bit of Tiger stripe Cherry?
Curly Maple?
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I think I will have about....three fingers worth and call it a day..
( Underhill's Rachel's Standing Desk) Hoping to make mine in Cherry, instead of pine....
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So I see that crafty seller slipped in some wonky grained stock.
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Yep, it looks like everything you got there is maple and curly maple. It is pretty easily identifiable by looking at the edges of the boards.
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(06-28-2017, 06:27 AM)JimReed@Tallahassee Wrote: So I see that crafty seller slipped in some wonky grained stock.
Are you talking about the 'sour grain' ?
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I can't complain too much....since the stuff was FREE
1/2 of a pickup truck load, the other 1/2 went to the driver. Fellow was merely cleaning out his off-cut piles.
Will dig through the stack when I get some better lighting today, and see how many more such scrap boards are in that pile I brought home
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Well, needed to cut the front and back aprons to a better length, so..
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26" long, counting tenons...
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Yeah, these things....1/4" thick, for a 3/4" deep mortise.
Details, details.
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Stretcher that sits near the bottom of the legs. All four corners got a bead. The aprons?
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Only get one bead. A smooth plane to do a bit of clean up.
After Lunch, there MAY be some chopping done..
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Stay tuned...
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Ok, that was ...special..
Chisels were to chop a few mortises
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Had aprons that needed a few. Once the top of a leg was done, I drug out the Stanley 45, had details to do
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Used the same #23 bead cutter. just went down two faces to a corner bead.
Stretcher needed a smaller mortise..
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And fitted
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Not sure why I did a big dry fit..
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Other than to see how much trouble this will be to glue and clamp up...might be a bit ugly to do all at one shot
Maybe do a few sub-assemblies
like each end first? Less hassle
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Have the front legs done, need to get the back legs done tomorrow. Maybe a glue up, or two later?
Stay tuned.
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