Breadboard-end Cutting Board: Episode 1
In this first episode Paul will give you a brief glimpse of the castle kitchen and then give you measurements for this project. He will also show how to layout and cut the wide tenons on the end of the board.
In this first episode Paul will give you a brief glimpse of the castle kitchen and then give you measurements for this project. He will also show how to layout and cut the wide tenons on the end of the board.
Paul shows how to finish the table with a combination of shellac and water-based finish. This project has shown many transferable techniques and methods which could be used on a wide range of furniture.
In this episode Joseph shows how to sharpen two kinds of card scraper, a normal straight sided one and one with a curved end. Scrapers are great tools for working with difficult grain or smoothing curved shapes that are hard to plane.
In this episode Paul shows how to prepare the table top for finish. He also shows how to make the turn buttons that will allow the table top to be attached while still allowing the wood to expand and contract freely.
This is an extra-long episode where Paul shows how to glue up the final assembly. Be prepared to work quickly an do a rehearsal ahead of time. Also, be sure to label everything very clearly. You’ll see why…
In this episode Paul shows how to glue up, or laminate, narrower boards to make up the top. This video will actually be helpful as a reference video for gluing up flat boards to make a wider surface, regardless of the project.
In this episode Paul shows how to add the divider to make the caddy have two sections. He does this by creating a small housing dado to house a small divider.
In this episode Paul shows how to make the stub tenons for the shelf. This episode concludes the mortise and tenons for this project. Next episode we will start on preparing the table top.
In this section Paul shows the joinery for the magazine shelf under the table. He then shows some alternative decorations for the ends of the tenon. This gives you a few different options for dressing up this feature of the table.
In this episode Paul shows how to lay out the joinery for the magazine shelf. This requires that the main frame of the table be clamped into it’s final position so that the measurements can be taken precisely.