Project Breadboard
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Having not got involved with making any of Paul’s last projects the table, Tool box or the Cutting / Breadboard . I was beginning to get withdrawal symptoms I thought I should have a go at at least one of them. The table I felt was too big and I have made a number of smaller ones already. I have a toolbox that fits under my bench that can hold the majority of my tools and again I would struggle to find room in my shop to keep it.Although I did go as far as listing all the timber sizes required on a spreadsheet and checking with the timber yard if the sizes are available in P.A.R redwood, with the exception of the 3/4″ thick x 11 3/4″ wide they were , this would have to be made out of two 6″ boards.I may decide to make some time.
So that left me with the cutting board I bought a length of 7/8′ thick x 6″ wide x 4ft long piece of PAR oak.( The cost for that was £10.58 which I thought sounded ok ??)So spent the afternoon in therapy cutting boards to size and cutting tenons.
Wigan, Lancs. England :
Lets have some pictures David 😉
I like seeing peoples progress through a project.Dagenham, Essex, England
Hi Mark
Not much to show so far, I did use the splitting method for cutting the tenons, you had to be careful but after watching Paul’s video I knew what to watch out for.Wigan, Lancs. England :
Well done oak can be a little tricky. I have used method before on joinery I have made in past. It may not always quicker but a lot less work than sawing.
Dagenham, Essex, England
David good job buddy, I have never had any luck with the splitting method, so well done my friend. 😉
I Spent several hours today chopping the 4 mortices and the trimming and fitting of two of the tenons.I found this project very challenging , I think because they are through tenons that you are trying to get a good visual impression on both sides. I found it easier to use my block plane for trimming the faces of the tenons,It was less awkward than using the No 4 plane.By the 4th Mortice I was certainly getting quicker.
I also had lots of practice using my router plane I would not liked to have tackled this project with out one.
Ken I always use the splitting method and have found on some jobs I could split to the line with no further fettling, I guess sawing just seems too much like hard work.
I have attached photo of job so far Slow progress but enjoyed the experienceWigan, Lancs. England :
Looking good David, nice work 🙂
thats coming along great David i like the nice tight shoulders and those tenons are fantastic someones gonna be in the good books indoors well done
Eddy .. Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
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Neat Tenons and mortise holes 😉
Dagenham, Essex, England
Making the oak pegs:
To get the oak pegs to size 8mm I used old heavy duty door hinge I had. I opened up 4 of the screw holes to 8mm, 8.6mm,9,5mm and 10mm, I found that if I started by knocking the pegs through the 10mm hole then progress down till they had all been though the 8mm hole I could get away with minimum planing of the pegs.Wigan, Lancs. England :
Like you ingenuity but
Hope you did not use those wood bits those not for steel.Dagenham, Essex, England
The drill bits are what I used to drill the holes in the cutting board, I do not think I would have got far drilling the hinge. I was not too impressed with them for drilling the cutting board, difficult to do without getting some breakout.
I am not sure what is the best option for drilling holes in wood is.Paul seemed to do ok with the Brace and Bit, I don’t have oneWigan, Lancs. England :
If you put a block at the back that will stop beak out at end of hole.
I know those bits can cause a bit of break out on front. Sometimes the use of a bit of masking tape can prevent this.
With a brace and bit you can start really slowly and you can score the edge of the hole enough to sever top layer fibres of wood as long as bit is sharp.Dagenham, Essex, England
I did find that a block at the back stopped the breakout at the back It was just such a fiddle to ensure the hole was square and did not breakout at the front or in the mortice, I am sure a drill press would have simplified the whole process.
Other than applying a finish I think my board is complete.
That was a tough project I will not be making another one any day soon,
I did get a chance to give my Stanley scraper plane another run outWigan, Lancs. England :
Well done David.
Did you put block of wood in mortice? That would stop break out in mortice.
No point in project being too easy plus working with a different wood make all a little harder.
A very good learning process.
I would bet if you were to make another one you would find it much easier.Dagenham, Essex, England
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