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02-13-2019, 11:25 AM
(02-13-2019, 09:32 AM)EdL Wrote: I've always had good results with the figure 8's, would be my first choice. Last time I made a table (coffee table) I made a dovetail key-way a then some "dovetail keys". The keys were screwed into the bottom of the table top and then were free floating in the key-way. It was complicated. Any link to some good figure 8's? 
02-13-2019, 12:09 PM
(02-13-2019, 11:25 AM)Peter Tremblay Wrote: Last time I made a table (coffee table) I made a dovetail key-way a then some "dovetail keys". Figure 8's
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02-13-2019, 06:24 PM
(02-13-2019, 11:25 AM)Peter Tremblay Wrote: Last time I made a table (coffee table) I made a dovetail key-way a then some "dovetail keys". I think that is an elegant and very skillful solution.
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02-13-2019, 08:26 PM
How will you mount the 8's to allow for top expansion.
Steve
Mo. I miss the days of using my dinghy with a girlfriend too. Zack Butler-4/18/24 The Revos apparently are designed to clamp railroad ties and pull together horrifically prepared joints WaterlooMark 02/9/2020
02-13-2019, 10:32 PM
02-13-2019, 11:07 PM
(02-11-2019, 09:44 PM)Peter Tremblay Wrote: I thought I would finally contribute to the thread. Great work! Those look fantastic.
Best,
Aram, always learning "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery Web: My woodworking photo site
02-13-2019, 11:43 PM
(02-13-2019, 11:07 PM)Aram Wrote: Great work! Those look fantastic. Thank you. You'll notice that I chose to "carve" the tote/infill out of a single block rather than the usual technique of a lamination of the tote and two infill wings. I did this for two reasons. 1) I had blocks of lignum vitae that were over 2" thick 2) Glue and lignum Vitae don't really go together (no pun intended). It took a fair bit of ingenuity and a few router templates to be able to do the carvings but I got it done. The problem is that this wood is so miserable to work with that I've dulled three router bits.
02-14-2019, 02:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-14-2019, 02:56 PM by Belle City Woodworking.)
Final coats of finish applied........
![[Image: 5-Ls-Lj-YRp-Ru6-yd8-GXCbg.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/PxRZ4JZq/5-Ls-Lj-YRp-Ru6-yd8-GXCbg.jpg) That 150 year old lumber has a lot of character, the pics don't do it justice. The base was made out of the beams, and the table top was made out of the flooring from a Dairy Barn in Burlington, WI. John
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02-14-2019, 04:52 PM
A big thumbs up John!
Dog is seeing if the woodchips are eatable. 
Steve
Mo. I miss the days of using my dinghy with a girlfriend too. Zack Butler-4/18/24 The Revos apparently are designed to clamp railroad ties and pull together horrifically prepared joints WaterlooMark 02/9/2020 |
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