Greetings to one and all,
I have some leftover wood (jatoba) from building my bedframe and I would like to build a nightstand for the LOML. Right now the nightstand is on my side of the bed, as I am the one who normally has to wake up the earliest. Yet, 99.9999% of the contents that occupy that nightstand are hers. So you can see how this is a priority for me. At some point in the near future, I would like to build a "matching" nightstand for me and put our current nightstand in the extra bedroom. Eventually, I would like to build a dresser and armoire, but we'll get to that at some point in the future.
What I have to work with: I have two 3 foot posts (4/4" maybe a little less) and a 2"x2"x10' piece. I was thinking of making the legs out of that piece. My one concern is that it has a slight bow in it.
What I want to build: Picture a square table top with ten pieces of wood meeting at a center point and extending outward at 36 degrees each.
First Question: How would you reccomend cutting those pieces? I have a table saw. Should I make a jig for that? I was thinking of cutting them all by hand (but with what type of saw?). Again, all I have to work with is a tablesaw for resawing, What would you all reccomend for that?
The inlay: Second Questions: Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I want to inlay a quarter moon made of lighter colored wood in the center of the piece I mentioned above. I planned on cutting the jatoba strips and glueing them to some ply and then routing (and chiseling) out the space for the inlay. Any tips? reccomendations?
This is as far as I am now, thanks for the help!
I have some leftover wood (jatoba) from building my bedframe and I would like to build a nightstand for the LOML. Right now the nightstand is on my side of the bed, as I am the one who normally has to wake up the earliest. Yet, 99.9999% of the contents that occupy that nightstand are hers. So you can see how this is a priority for me. At some point in the near future, I would like to build a "matching" nightstand for me and put our current nightstand in the extra bedroom. Eventually, I would like to build a dresser and armoire, but we'll get to that at some point in the future.
What I have to work with: I have two 3 foot posts (4/4" maybe a little less) and a 2"x2"x10' piece. I was thinking of making the legs out of that piece. My one concern is that it has a slight bow in it.
What I want to build: Picture a square table top with ten pieces of wood meeting at a center point and extending outward at 36 degrees each.
First Question: How would you reccomend cutting those pieces? I have a table saw. Should I make a jig for that? I was thinking of cutting them all by hand (but with what type of saw?). Again, all I have to work with is a tablesaw for resawing, What would you all reccomend for that?
The inlay: Second Questions: Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I want to inlay a quarter moon made of lighter colored wood in the center of the piece I mentioned above. I planned on cutting the jatoba strips and glueing them to some ply and then routing (and chiseling) out the space for the inlay. Any tips? reccomendations?
This is as far as I am now, thanks for the help!