Just a reminder. The picture is in Isometric with no perspective added to show the top design.
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The QSWO was bought about 4 weeks ago from the hardwood store and was left for a week in the shop on a rack. I partially milled the pieces to just remove the "skin" and let them breath a little. A week later they were milled flat and square, but still not to finished dims. The next week they were finish milled to dims, but left long and the coopered pieces left slightly wide to allow for the bevel. BTW whoever said that QS doesn't move is wrong!! it may not cup, but it's still a bear to keep straight and flat in these conditions.
The full length staves are 1 1/2" and the cut staves are 1 1/4 to give a shadow line between the pieces. The bevel is 2 deg cut on the TS. The Wickey gauge was real bonus here!!! The cut staves were beveled long and then cross cut to 6". The arch jig is simply MDF and poplar with the side cut to 2 deg to hold the pieces. The two screws in the sides are put in at an angle to force the piece down and back in the jig. I bought a shear cut bit specifically for this job knowing that the end grain could present a problem. The cut was perfect.
The last pictures show the pieces laid out in their final pattern. All the pieces have been kept in their original plank. IE, Each complete end assy is from just two pieces of wood, the solid staves from one and the cut staves from another. The next job is to mill a 1 1/4 wide 1/16th deep groove in the beveled edges of the long staves, just the length of the cut pieces as a glue up aid, this should stop then moving about too much during glue up. I may put a single dowel in each to stop them sliding lengthwise.
The bottoms will be flush, but the bench wasn't wide enough!!!!
BTW 12 hrs in machining time so far.
The QSWO was bought about 4 weeks ago from the hardwood store and was left for a week in the shop on a rack. I partially milled the pieces to just remove the "skin" and let them breath a little. A week later they were milled flat and square, but still not to finished dims. The next week they were finish milled to dims, but left long and the coopered pieces left slightly wide to allow for the bevel. BTW whoever said that QS doesn't move is wrong!! it may not cup, but it's still a bear to keep straight and flat in these conditions.
The full length staves are 1 1/2" and the cut staves are 1 1/4 to give a shadow line between the pieces. The bevel is 2 deg cut on the TS. The Wickey gauge was real bonus here!!! The cut staves were beveled long and then cross cut to 6". The arch jig is simply MDF and poplar with the side cut to 2 deg to hold the pieces. The two screws in the sides are put in at an angle to force the piece down and back in the jig. I bought a shear cut bit specifically for this job knowing that the end grain could present a problem. The cut was perfect.
The last pictures show the pieces laid out in their final pattern. All the pieces have been kept in their original plank. IE, Each complete end assy is from just two pieces of wood, the solid staves from one and the cut staves from another. The next job is to mill a 1 1/4 wide 1/16th deep groove in the beveled edges of the long staves, just the length of the cut pieces as a glue up aid, this should stop then moving about too much during glue up. I may put a single dowel in each to stop them sliding lengthwise.
The bottoms will be flush, but the bench wasn't wide enough!!!!
BTW 12 hrs in machining time so far.
