I made my first table. While I had no problems cutting and gluing the table I had a lot of problems with the finish. With extensive research and experimentation it is complete and is sitting beside me as I type.
While I know it it not what is consider good by the subscribers to this newsgroup, I am satisfied with my First table.
Electric Comet wrote in news:n26dqi$70k$1 @dont-email.me:
I decided to make a set of cauls. Wouldn't you know it, though? My tools are all set up to cut straight and all the hand planes were down with a case of Oak rust! I've got them sitting in a special Nitrogen solution to hopefully reverse it.
On Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 6:56:17 AM UTC-6, keith_
My first table was in 9th grade shop class - 2'X 2' top, 4 legs with lower stretchers, no skirt-type leg-top attachment.... the legs attached directly to the top with "dowels". I had no idea of what a dowel rod was. I carve d "dowels" (nubs) on the leg tops, to insert into the table holes. The te acher made it a point of showing the class what I did (carved dowels), then he explained, to me, what a dowel is for, etc.
Lately, my projects have been put on hold. Been away from home, a lot, tak ing care of Mom, with dementia. To engage her, we built a new bird house. Hope to bring it back to her, today, for priming and painting. Seems, t hese little projects (flowers, pot plants, also) helps keep her mind off ot her "issues".... calms her anxieties, etc.
I hope to be back in the shop tomorrow and do a little more work on the alt ernative camp dining table.... E.R. cedar, this time 'round.
i always figure that if you like what you make then it is a success
i always notice my flaws in the stuff i make and no one else does the shelf i made has a saw burn mark here and there and it almost looks like the wood grain
Electric Comet wrote in news:n2b7h3$kbj$3 @dont-email.me:
This is a problem you seem to have, using words to mean things they don't mean. To the rest of us, you end up making as much sense as Lewis Carroll's Humpty Dumpty.
Apropos of the current issue, tannins are water soluble, while resins are not. That is why they are a problem with oak, because water content in the wood (or humidity in the air) can dissolve them and allow them to react with iron.
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