What are you building with your milled wood?

[MustangMike]

My local HS has a wood shop

Unfortunately, I don't think they even offer shop around here any more, sad, I run into home owners who don't know how to do anything! I took both wood shop and auto mechanics in HS, no regrets, stuff you learn comes in handy for the rest of your life.

 

[cease232]

That is exactly what I was thinking of doing! I also made guide, but I think I like yours better, mine is more difficult to use, and I'm still not thrilled with how it came out. 2" X 8" Hickory is not easy to bend with a clamp (least not in the 8" direction).

And I just bought a 2 X 10 to make my guide, didn't check my email before acting! Oh well! I will get it right eventually!

The Luan plywood I used is cheap and I was able to get an 8' and 4' guide. It's really handy to have both sizes.
I was making a live edge spalted maple table with a gap in the middle and wasn't able to get the slabs close enough for a proper glue up so I used the procedure described above where I cut out the gap between the boards with this straight edge. Worked great.

It's one of my many half done projects. Wood was punkier than I would've liked, it needs a lot of epoxy work.


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[MustangMike]

Great advice, thanks!

 

[cease232]

Here's a table I just finished. The lighting is terrible. Looks much better in person. Customer wanted it rustic so I left all the saw marks and cleaned it up with a brush sander. It's very smooth to the touch.

This was a big Doug fir that fell in a storm. I split it in half with my CSM and then squared it up on my BSM. After drying, back on the BSM to mill the parts. The legs are made with massive through tenons pegged with 1" pegs.


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[RI Chevy]

Super nice work!

 

[quietfly]

Very nice stuff.

 

[MustangMike]

Yea, ditto what they said! I see the staining is still in process.

My friend Harold (a carpenter) tells me most of my trouble is because the wood is not seasoned enough yet. Says I should glue it, clamp it and screw it.

 

[RI Chevy]

For any furniture or interior builds, it is always best for wood to be completely dry. Usually 2 seasons or more.

 

[cease232]

Yea, ditto what they said! I see the staining is still in process.

My friend Harold (a carpenter) tells me most of my trouble is because the wood is not seasoned enough yet. Says I should glue it, clamp it and screw it.

Thanks fellas. The tables done just an old pic of the staining in progress.
Couple of things Mike.
Hickory is a very difficult wood to work with. A lot of people just won't work with it because it's very hard and abrasive. Goes through blades and sandpaper like crazy.
If the work bench is for woodworking I prefer a softer wood workbench. You want the workbench to get dinged up instead of the piece.
Get a moisture meter. Even a cheap one is better than none especially if your milling the wood.
I always "finish" season my wood in what ever environment the piece is going to live in. If its furniture I stack the wood in the house for 2 weeks or so. Wood moves like crazy when taken Into a different climate.


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[MustangMike]

Well that explains some of it, I had it stacked outside, then moved it into the garage to work on it.

This will just be an informal work bench, so it does not need to be perfect, just thought it would be cool to have one made from Hickory.

Stuff is very heavy, boards are 2" thick, and I cut legs 4" thick.

 

[amberg]

Here's a table I just finished. The lighting is terrible. Looks much better in person. Customer wanted it rustic so I left all the saw marks and cleaned it up with a brush sander. It's very smooth to the touch.

This was a big Doug fir that fell in a storm. I split it in half with my CSM and then squared it up on my BSM. After drying, back on the BSM to mill the parts. The legs are made with massive through tenons pegged with 1" pegs.


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Very nice indeed. Do you know how heavy it is?

 

[cease232]

I don't really know. It's really heavy though. It breaks down into 4 pieces though. Top, legs, and stretcher. Top is 84x42x1.5" the legs are 7"x5" I'm horrible about guessing weights. Maybe 400-500 lbs


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[TimRD]

I don't really know. It's really heavy though. It breaks down into 4 pieces though. Top, legs, and stretcher. Top is 84x42x1.5" the legs are 7"x5" I'm horrible about guessing weights. Maybe 400-500 lbs


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I hope you didn't charge them by the pound for that thing!

It is beautiful though, great work!

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[cease232]

I hope you didn't charge them by the pound for that thing!

It is beautiful though, great work!

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Thanks. I probably would've made more money that way!


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[Shawn Curry]

Over the weekend, I landed my biggest commission job yet: a pair of restaurant booths for a local bar. I took on an apprentice for the project too - a buddy of mine who's a recently unemployed machinist. We're using some of my live edge red maple for the table tops, plus the bench seats and backs. The table legs and bench frame will be dimensional red maple.

The pieces are too wide for my machines, and I'd prefer not to rip them down. So we're doing most of the surfacing by hand with my grandfather's Stanley Bedrock #605, and the rest of my hand plane collection.

So, I built this little model from my milled wood, to show the customer. They loved it.

 

[Shawn Curry]

Hoping to have both of the tables done this week. The parts for the table bases are 3.75" square, and that's proving to be a challenge as most of my machines can't reach all the way thru something that thick. Hopefully the benches will go a little faster, as we're supposed to have it all done by the first week in October.

 

[RI Chevy]

Awesome job! Keep the pics coming.

 

[MustangMike]

Nice work, and you are giving me ideas!!!

 

[TimRD]

Looks great so far! They better hold a table for you whenever you're in there!

 

[Shawn Curry]

Looks great so far! They better hold a table for you whenever you're in there!

Greg and I were thinking more along the lines of "Free Prime Rib Dinner".