Trestle Table – Episode 5
Posted 27 May 2015
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We’re now ready to work on the tenons on the end of the columns. First comes the layout where Paul make makes sure to get all the shoulders aligned then runs the gauge lines. He then shows a couple of methods for cutting the shoulders as well as splitting and sawing the faces of the tenon before fitting the tenon to the mortice using the router to keep the faces parallel.
I think that’s the first time I’ve seen Paul’s bench move more than a little shimmy or shake. That’s some tough oak.
they are some tight tolerances 1mm wiggle room the glue is just a belt and braces approach thanks for showing the right way to fit a tenon, before i watched your teaching methods i saw glue as a filler aswell as a glue .
i would be taking a whisper off that tenon if it where mine ,another wonderful class .
Im way behind on my table, lol . Im ready to dimension the boards for my top but how do you get a line on the wane side of the board so I can plane down to? The wane is real pronounced on my stock there’s as much as 2″ from short to long and I cant get the marking gauge to touch. Should I cut down some of the wane. Also I have about 2″ to 3″ of sapwood on the two outside boards. I need the sapwood to help keep my width wide enough. Im cautious to use it but it looks awesome on this QS Chestnut. The medullary rays are really prominent in the sapwood as well. As long as you put a good finish on it should be ok. Right? Thanks Chris
I don’t envisage there being any issue with the wane except the curve can sometimes be too much. I usually avoid altering the curve because what looks natural suddenly looks unnatural and dare I say sort of ‘tampered’ with??
I consider myself a rank beginner, so if I choose, say, the footstool to start with, I really do appreciate it if the footstool episodes include things that may have been covered before. Among other things, I do admit to having to see something more than once for it to sink into my mind and hands a little better.
“Splitability” a new word has been coined as well as great lessons imparted.