#33
Most of the haul for the other weekend was cherry ( I thought..)
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I grabbed the one 6/4 slab..hauled it to the shop to make four leg blanks..
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Bandsaw tried to follow the grain a bit....
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"We have ways"   Jointed the sawn edges smooth, got rid of the saw marks
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Worn out, soaked clean through....took a break for a while.....
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#34
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..
Uhoh
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What I thought was just planer marks..
No
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Turned out to be a bit of Tiger stripe Cherry?
Confused   Curly Maple?
Confused
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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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#35
Oops....
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#36
So I see that crafty seller slipped in some wonky grained stock.
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#37
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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#38
(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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#39
I can't complain too much....since the stuff was FREE
Winkgrin 

1/2 of a pickup truck load, the other 1/2 went to the driver.   Fellow was merely cleaning out his off-cut piles.  
Cool  

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
Yes
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#40
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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#42
Ok, that was ...special..
Confused 
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
Uhoh
Rolleyes
Maybe do a few sub-assemblies
Confused like each end first?  Less hassle
Confused ?

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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