I've been working on this side table amidst Kevin's help through my travails on the oak slab coffee table.
The influence comes from Nakashima's Minguren style.
100 bf of 50 year old rough cut black walnut.
This was educational. I learned how to avoid over-surfacing by checking my progress for flatness regularly.
Before and after.
A lot of shavings. This is a little more than half.
Laminated wider 5/4 pieces for the boards, and 8/4 beams for the supports. One side of the top is a live-edge.
I love my router plane. First time trying a bridle joint.
Sawing the taper with a ryoba.
The pieces, minus the cutout for the bottom bridle joint. I still need to plan and make the middle, vertical support beam, and shape the horizontal supports. Not sure how I'm going to handle those issues yet.
You don't want to know how long I spend paring this joint to fit.
Dry fit. I'm going to joint down the edge to remove the tearout.
Profile.
Majority of the tools used for this project so far.
The influence comes from Nakashima's Minguren style.
100 bf of 50 year old rough cut black walnut.
This was educational. I learned how to avoid over-surfacing by checking my progress for flatness regularly.
Before and after.
A lot of shavings. This is a little more than half.
Laminated wider 5/4 pieces for the boards, and 8/4 beams for the supports. One side of the top is a live-edge.
I love my router plane. First time trying a bridle joint.
Sawing the taper with a ryoba.
The pieces, minus the cutout for the bottom bridle joint. I still need to plan and make the middle, vertical support beam, and shape the horizontal supports. Not sure how I'm going to handle those issues yet.
You don't want to know how long I spend paring this joint to fit.
Dry fit. I'm going to joint down the edge to remove the tearout.
Profile.
Majority of the tools used for this project so far.