Here are a few more pictures of my work on the coffee table and a bit of the blow by blow. Oh and a little bit on how I store my hide glue.
I used my Jeff Hamilton panel gauge to size my shelf panel.
I marked out the bevels on the legs and cut them with my rip saw.
Then I used my No. 4 to clean up the bevels.
Walnut strip in the shelf.
And then added my mark and date.
For the captured tongue on the shelf I used my side rabbet plane to widening the mortise.
I used chalk to check the fit.
A coat of shellac first and then the wipe on poly.
Here’s how I store my hide glue. Pour it in an ice cube tray and store the hide cubes in a container in the fridge. Then only take out what you need.
Glam shots
Glam shot 2
The end!
Beautiful table Marylin!
Nice!
That top is lovely, Marilyn! It’ll be enjoyed for generations. Well done 👌
Nice Job.
Walt
Marilyn, Beautiful! The through tenon of the lower shelf is great! Do you freeze your “Hide Cubes”? Or is refrigeration sufficient?
Refrigeration is what you want. The ice cube tray is just to right size the hide glue.
Marilyn, Luther down here near Olympia. Have you found a great place to get wood around here? I basically am using crosscut woods or Eden saw (when I want to make the 2 hour drive) but have not found a real nice secret source of nice local wood. Any secrets you can share?
Hmmm .. well there’s Compton Lumber but it’s across the street from Crosscut. There is at least one guy down there that I see posting lumber on craigslist. You might also check out http://www.waneandflitch.com/. They’re in Tacoma and if there wood is too big slab for what you need maybe they could give you some tips.
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Looks great. I love the technique of cutting the tapers by hand. Definitely a doh! moment for me – it’s so simple, why didn’t I think of that?
Thanks!! It’s actually really fun to do the feet like that and then gang them together for clean up. 🙂