December 14, 201510 yr When last seen, a table's top was sitting in a bunch of clamps.....well, I got the clamps off over the weekend. Top needed some work, though. Uneven pieces, and it was a bit out of flat. Got down the #5 cambered jack planes, and gave the two "faces" a good scrubbing. Got rid of the "high points" by going straight across the grain. Each time, I then cleaned things up with a smooth plane. Made a bit of a mess. I trimmed the end grain square on the Texas Bandsaw, then handplane it smooth.. Wasn't too worried about the corner blowing out, as i had an idea....scary, ain't it? I used a dosage cup to mark curved corners, then the three wheeler bandsaw to cut the corners. Palm sander to smooth out the saw marks. Got the top done for now, and laid it on the cleaned off bench. I had some other parts to mill into "aprons" and laid them out on the top to check the sizes.. The two skinny ones were a bit too long, cut them to length. They needed cleaned up. They came from a single board that was resawn down the middle.....kind of wavy-like. Clamped flat to the bench, and planed flat Used the "new" plane to do the tasks. Once they were flat and smooth, I clamped them together to plane the edges straight. Wanted them to match eachother.. Looks like a single board? That is the idea, next was that wider board for the end aprons. Figured I could use the long aprons to lay out what I needed to cut. Texas bandsaw to saw two almost straight lines... Don't have a use for the skinny thing. needed to plane the other two smooth and flat. Same as before. All the parts made so far were then bundled up and set aside. We have bigger things to do... I had to carry this slab of White oak down the stairs. Almost 4' long! Just over 8/4 thick! heavy son of a ......gun. I figure I can rip four legs from this plank There is a line for one of two crosscuts. There is one line for the first rip cut. I am NOT about to do all of that on the bandsaws. Might cut things down a bit, first. That "rough edge"? yep, that is bark. It has a "live edge". Not sure WHAT I'll do with that...yet. I also have a stash of other leftovers to do something with.. Walnut and Oak, and maybe a bit of Maple? Oh, and I did get a second plane clean up.. made by Ohio Tool Co. of Auburn NY....a Razee No.035. Waiting on this coat of finish to quit soaking into the very DRY wood works. I had to use a chipbreaker and a lever cap from the spares box. Metal parts were cleaned of rust. Old finish scrapped off. iron is flat and sharpened up. the screw that held the front knob was junk, replacement cut to fit. One of them Fifty cent Planes... Next up? Stay tuned.....
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