Walnut Milled down, maybe a table?

[steven newman]

Well, inventory of the walnut slabs showed there just wasn't enough there to make a Hope Chest.....soooo, we can make a fancy table instead?

Got the clamps off tonight..and grabbed the Stanley No.7c

New handles and all.   The board on the far side had a hump in the middle.   HAD.  Jointer plane made a bunch of shavings...

But....seems there was a high spot along the glue joint, and the Jointer plane just glossed right over it.   Hmmm, well, a few swipes with a cambered Jack plane removed the high spots, then a few trips with a smooth plane to clean things up..

Got both faces smoothed out.   laid out some other parts, to check for  lengths..

Legs and a couple stretcher/apron pieces.  Had to allow for tenons.    Cut a few more.   Circular saw was faster, but didn't quite cut square. We have ways to make that better...

Not only will it cut square ends, it will give you a Cardio Workout as well....  laid out more apron stock.

First of four long aprons is cut to length.   Will have to rip and crosscut three more like it.  End apron needs tenons cut.   There will be a thicker "stretcher"  near the bottom.   I will need to do one more panel glue up, too.  Seems the boards are a little skinny at 7" wide.   need a wee bit wider one for the bottom shelf.  Will also fire up the bandsaw, as a lot of curvyness will be going on.   Curves in the legs, and aprons.  Not sure about the top, just yet.  Edges are another design point for the top.....options?    Curved?  Ogee/round-over?   Leave as is?, Bevel the bottom edges for a thinner look?   Plan....what plan?    The page for the "plan" is still blank.    Single Brain Cell Sketch Up tends to work that way.....stay tuned....

[lew]

Gonna be an awesome table!

[John Moody]

That Walnut looks awesome but then I love the look of walnut. That is going to be a very nice table. Looks like that No.7 was making some really nice curls.