A jig made for the Bandsaw that allows you to cut perfect circles to a diameter of 48"
Has a dovetailed sliding scale that incorporates a precision pin to locate in a hole on underside of Table blank, to "spin" the piece into the blade.
Design will allow you to "spiral in" to a hard stop(small C Clamp) before you start the actual radial cut.
Pic 2 :
Close up of Jig and Pin set at 14 3/16 radius.
Pic 3:
What the cutting looks like as you spin the piece.
You have to focus on a point in space, otherwise, you will get dizzy and fall down while cutting the top.!!
If you is alreadyDizzy, like me,something you MUST keep in mind..
Pic 4:
Table top cut showing the fall off pieces.
Pic 5:
The most fun of the project. A 100 year old Baily #7 jointer plane. I used this to Flatten the back side of table top to get a registration datum to plane the top flat..
No motor noise here!! Just a very quiet Hiss of a deadsharp blade iron removing 2 1/2 inch wide shavings at a time.
The smell is wonderful,, and before you know it,you are ankle deep in shavings.
Anyways,, just thought some of you "Others" that like to fiddle in the garage would enjoy..
Ok, cool. How wide a blade can you use in the band saw?
hope you go to a Card Scraper and not sandpaper to finish that top.
Assume you have scrapers but if not Clifton makes a 3 piece set and get a burnishing tool to keep an edge on em'
Not taking on the project but if I ever have a question, now I know who to contact. from some pics of your work you are quite the skilled craftsman. I would even call you, "The Man."
Dad loved woodworking. In the years before he was killed he went from furniture to handmade Banjo's. We used to sit Saturday afternoons and drink a beer together watching the New Yankee Workshop. Good old Norm...
while he gives an air of goofyness (still true) he is quite an artist and has talent I think most of us wish we had. I know what it's for as well. Good boy Gooser. Donut for you on the next training day.
Extremely talented and smart for sure. (and to boot he's not an overbloated, talk-talk-talkity to hear himself rattle on kind of guy...) Wish you all really knew the man behind the facade...
Table top Is kinda plain!
Need to give it a personal touch.
Inlay!!
I needed a pattern. Drew this one several times. first looked like a lizard, then a Hamster, finally got what I wanted.
scroll sawed out the pattern in a piece od tempered hardboard. then double face taped pattern to tabletop.
Then routed out the form with an inlay bushing used in a plunge router.Ingenious device that uses a guide bushing that you can remove to adjust the cut line from one side of pattern to the other. You either cut the recess,,, bearing ON, or the inlay,,, bearing off.
Pic of inlay bushing.
Two very important words to me when it comes to Dogs and social events are "Sit" and "Here"
My past dogs have always had a problem with both these words. Woulsnt "sit" and to get them tocomebackto me, I had to rattle a tater chip bag...
When I go to socil events like lets say a presidential dinner,, I nver know where to "sit" until someone tells me where..
So,, I wanted to incorporate the words into the table top.
Again, another pattern:
A sheet of carbon paper and some masking tape, and we copied the pattern onto the table.
Then the use of a Dremel tool, a 1/16 diameter carbide burr, and a steady hand, we carfully removed material inside the letter outlines.
Now, lettering readyfor colored epoxie inlay..
I use Westsystems boat builders 2 part epoxie, andcolor it just a dab of analine die powders in various colors.. I chose Black for this project.
Mix it up, put it in a srynge, and carefully fill the letters recesses above full..let dry and work down level to flush with table top.
So, final epoxiy filled lettering in Black, and then followed with a clear coat of clear epoxy wil glass added, and you are getting close to a finished table top.
So, final epoxiy filled lettering in Black, and then followed with a clear coat of clear epoxy with glass fibers added, and you are getting close to a finished table top.
The top will recieve a couple more coats of epoxie to give artwork depth, and also to get the Bar top glossy finish..
Then the top will recieve several coats of UV inhibiting Spar urathane for protection.
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