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What are you building with your milled wood?
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Yes, very. My method:
I inlet the legs 1" on a 2" thick bench. I attach the legs with PL Premium and 3" deck screws (across and at a down angle).
I flip the bench over on my wood trailer and make sure it is level in the center. Then I glue in both legs, and check that they are both level before sending the deck screws home. With both legs level, it is solid and there is no rock.
To inlet, I trace the legs on the bottom of the bench and plunge cut with the circular saw set at 1" depth. (DO NOT PULL THE SAW BACKWARDS, IT WILL WANT TO JUMP OUT AND BITE YOU), do the plunge and push forward only.
Then I chisel it out, and where the saw blade is not at full depth I hammer the chisel vertically to get to the correct depth. Cut your legs a little narrower near the top so you don't have to cut too near the edge of the bench. Just use your judgement.
Here are pics of the half round Chestnut Oak bench with 4" thick legs. This one is "taper cut" instead of flat cut. I cut the reliefs in the half round with the Radial Arm Saw so the bench is the same thickness on each side.
I inlet the legs 1" on a 2" thick bench. I attach the legs with PL Premium and 3" deck screws (across and at a down angle).
I flip the bench over on my wood trailer and make sure it is level in the center. Then I glue in both legs, and check that they are both level before sending the deck screws home. With both legs level, it is solid and there is no rock.
To inlet, I trace the legs on the bottom of the bench and plunge cut with the circular saw set at 1" depth. (DO NOT PULL THE SAW BACKWARDS, IT WILL WANT TO JUMP OUT AND BITE YOU), do the plunge and push forward only.
Then I chisel it out, and where the saw blade is not at full depth I hammer the chisel vertically to get to the correct depth. Cut your legs a little narrower near the top so you don't have to cut too near the edge of the bench. Just use your judgement.
Here are pics of the half round Chestnut Oak bench with 4" thick legs. This one is "taper cut" instead of flat cut. I cut the reliefs in the half round with the Radial Arm Saw so the bench is the same thickness on each side.
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WOW. Real nice work Mike.
TY for the tips.
I was thinking of just using 2 oak rounds and screw the slab to them. Very simple. But I like yours much better.
That bench doesn't get top heavy and want to fall over?
TY for the tips.
I was thinking of just using 2 oak rounds and screw the slab to them. Very simple. But I like yours much better.
That bench doesn't get top heavy and want to fall over?
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Gotta have a good horse
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Some stuffs heavy.
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This is a rolling butcher block cart I made my youngest daughter for her high school graduation.
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A cedar chest for my oldest daughter’s college graduation. It was milled from a tree I took down beside my mother’s house.
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I make all sorts of cutting boards and trivets.
lehman live edge slab
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new maple vanity top for out bathroom. Has a top with the sink formed right into it and it cracked so I figured new slab top with epoxy coating and a vessel sink on top. Now wife needs to decide the color is all then stain and epoxy it.
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stained and a coat of poly to seal it so it doesn’t move while we pick the sink and faucet. Then I can drill the holes and epoxy it so holes get waterproofed also
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the epoxy is all done ready to install after it’s fully cured.
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another couple days till fully cured but had to see how it looked with sink and faucet
lehman live edge slab
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All done minus paint touch up from the back splash or the making of another back splash to put in place of it
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