Re: Table Saw
Posted: 26 May 2016, 06:11
Thanks for the tip Tusses, I'm not 100% done with the finish on the frame, and somehow the camera makes it look worse than it does in person, but that's good advice none the less.
I have been able to put a small amount of work in on the rest of the frame, so here are some photos to update the thread:
After cleaning up the wood with a lot of hand planing I started cutting to length and also chopping out the joints. I did almost 95% of the job on the table saw so most of the joints fit fairly well. Not to the standard that I would like yet, but I would say better than batch 1. The joints are a bit easier than the first batch as well. I 1 major mistake was assuming all the pieces were of equal dimensions, as it turns out some of them were slightly narrower which then in turn led to me cutting the slots too deep. Some of them however fit very nicely.
Lumber all cut to size with joints cut as well.
Mock-up of the frame, just to give you a visual idea of what it should look like.
Starting assembly, I'm making extensive use of my MDF 90 deg corner clamping blocks, I actually need to make another 3...
The good joint (so far). I also inserted a dowel and flush cut it with a sharp chisel, the gluing surfaces looked a bit scant so I thought I would insert a dowel to help keep the joint strong and stiff.
And now for the bad... This one was cut too deep, fit is fair, but not on par with the other joint (I did try to swap pieces around to get the best fit, but at some point I was gonna have to bite the bullet and use this one. I added a long screw in one direction and a nail in the other to help keep the joint stiff. I'm also going to fill all the gaps to clean it up. I think that as Roger said the cheap materials led to my downfall (and making assumptions... ) in this case. After having removed the clamps it does feel stiffer than I thought it would, I'm hoping that the fixes would negate the cock-ups and that the bench will still prove to be up to the task.
Thanks for looking!
I have been able to put a small amount of work in on the rest of the frame, so here are some photos to update the thread:
After cleaning up the wood with a lot of hand planing I started cutting to length and also chopping out the joints. I did almost 95% of the job on the table saw so most of the joints fit fairly well. Not to the standard that I would like yet, but I would say better than batch 1. The joints are a bit easier than the first batch as well. I 1 major mistake was assuming all the pieces were of equal dimensions, as it turns out some of them were slightly narrower which then in turn led to me cutting the slots too deep. Some of them however fit very nicely.
Lumber all cut to size with joints cut as well.
Mock-up of the frame, just to give you a visual idea of what it should look like.
Starting assembly, I'm making extensive use of my MDF 90 deg corner clamping blocks, I actually need to make another 3...
The good joint (so far). I also inserted a dowel and flush cut it with a sharp chisel, the gluing surfaces looked a bit scant so I thought I would insert a dowel to help keep the joint strong and stiff.
And now for the bad... This one was cut too deep, fit is fair, but not on par with the other joint (I did try to swap pieces around to get the best fit, but at some point I was gonna have to bite the bullet and use this one. I added a long screw in one direction and a nail in the other to help keep the joint stiff. I'm also going to fill all the gaps to clean it up. I think that as Roger said the cheap materials led to my downfall (and making assumptions... ) in this case. After having removed the clamps it does feel stiffer than I thought it would, I'm hoping that the fixes would negate the cock-ups and that the bench will still prove to be up to the task.
Thanks for looking!