Saga of the Sofa Table

fit just to see how things are > going to go together, or not: > >

Multi-router..... I hate you. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) --

a goal to sell enough woodstuff to afford one from the profits by the end of the year. Let the dust fly!

I tushed it last Saturday.

Hell, just turn everything 90 on the x axis ... or buy a 3D printer instead. ;)

a goal to sell enough woodstuff to afford one from the profits by the end of the year. Let the dust fly!

It's been a good investment for the shop, and I would not want to be without it for making chairs (I designed a slick jig for it a few years back for cutting mortises in curved, chair back rails, one of those prickly chair making jobs where you need 12 precision cut parts), but recently I've tossed the idea around of selling the M-R and replacing it with a Domino XL and freeing up some space ... then again, it would be like selling one of my kids, although that's crossed my mind a time or two also. ;)

Of course, the minute you sell a tool that excels at a particular task, orders immediately flood in for items that need that task.

Here's that curved chair back rail jig:

On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:53:15 -0500, Leon

Setting a goal to sell enough woodstuff to afford one from the profits by the end of the year. Let the dust fly!

Did it give you a tingling feeling Leon?

Hmm, damned good idea. Unbolt the drop plate, fab and bolt on a

Buddy, can ya spare ten grand? 'Course, I'd prefer a grant.

-- Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself. -- Thomas Jefferson

Basic frame is complete. Top, corbels (already made, but will be mounted after the top is installed) and the two drawers remain. The panel glue-up of the top is in the foreground waiting for an overnight glue cure.

workaholics.

What is it? Computer, woodworking, kiss the wife good night, sleep, repeat?

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you go. Looks great.

Mike M

Perhaps, if I could accurately judge colors ... you're talking to a man who colored grass pink until he learned to read the label on a crayon. :)

Try some dye on another scrap piece. I'll bet you like it better in the grain. More class. Much less IN-YOUR-FACE, knowwhatImean,Vern?

-- Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself. -- Thomas Jefferson

On the 6th day we play Dominoes.

Dye is fun to mess around with. It is to stain what stain is to paint.

Thanks, Mike ...

Last few photos is where the project stands as of this morning. I'll let the top dry in the shop for a few hours, mount it temporarily, install the corbels, then move into the house to dry for a week or so while I fabricate the drawers.

I've built wooden things, just not furniture for clients, 'cept a kitchen cart. They specified a product I hate Minwhacked Polyshades. I refuse to use it again unless extremely well paid. I'll spray it prior to assembly, too.

Hmmm, all the gel stains I've seen have been made with pigments. It has probably been 6-7 years since I last looked, though.

But telling the nuances of a wood finish from a picture on a computer is far from easy, so don't climb too far up on that high horse, eh?

-- Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself. -- Thomas Jefferson

Yep ... but so far it hasn't stopped you in the least.

On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 11:00:26 -0500, Leon

Kinda figured.

I wasn't talking to you.

-- Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself. -- Thomas Jefferson