I need to build a table like this...
Sorry if this is a repost, but I couldn't find the post I thought I made yesterday.
If the top is flat, cut dado's and inlay the strips.
I think if I were doing this, I would look for or make some veneer to g lue on here. If done correctly, it would last a long time. You may even find some that you could use whole, rather than having to cut and paste. good luck...
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-Leuf
Thanks; glad to know I'm not crazy. But now I wonder what is wrong with my news reader.
Leon is right on! with another solution to this one. We get so focused on one idea sometimes that we forget to look for any other options. Dadoes and inlays, Simple!
Tom in KY, thinking that you have a few good options to work with.
Would wood movement be a factor? If the base expands and the grid doesn't, won't it pull apart? Or is the 3" width too little movement to matter?
I'd even look at gluing strips directly to the top--sort of parquetry, to avoid the problems of cutting strips exactly the same width as the dados. You would have to get the joints cut cleanly, but that's a manageable problem. (Throw away the ones you cut too short.)
Walt C
Same way you build a checkerboard.
Glue up some strips consisting of white and dark, then cross cut blanks to size.
Alternate these with narrow dark strips.
Make all pieces about 1/4" thick and laminate to a piece of 1/4" plywood.
You now have a top insert around which you frame the rest of the top.
When finished, run thru a commercial top sander to get flat.
Lew
You're missing the part about the squares being recessed. I think Leon is on the right track.
-Leuf
You are right, missed that part.
Lew
Looks like it's just strips overtop in the picture, lap joints. If you want to make yours flat, the dado plan sounds good.
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Not for the thin strips. make the thin strips 1/16-1/8" thick. Not too tight.
I am concerned about the base wood changing and the strips stayin the size they are. Maybe it is too small a distance for a problem.
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another way to do it might be to use 2 inch tiles as the houses, and then use those basswood strips you can get at craft stores like Michael's or A.C. Moore as spacers - maybe get one of those little X-Acto miter boxes to cut the strips (a stop block makes cutting 33 short strips easy). This way your son can do most of the work and you can help with the alignment and gluing so it winds up looking professional. Four long strips align the rows, and the tiles automatically align the short strips. Just an idea.
If the base is solid and you cut dado's just deep to keep the darker pieces in place, wood movement should not be to dramatic.
I used lap joints. It was a little touchy since the dividers are only 1/8" square, but I only broke a few. Thanks all. I just wish I could have let my 12 year old do more of the work, since it was his project and all that, but I sure can't have him cutting 1/8" lap joints. I know, pick a project he can do himself; but then he just look foolish compared to all the other parent's projects. It is the system that is screwed up.
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