| Here's a mock-up picture from my CAD program. There are
a few more details to finalise but I am happy with the general
proportions. The lower rails will have cut-outs to hold wine bottles. |
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| Here's the timber-some 1 and 2 inch American Cherry
I've been hoarding and some air dried Lacewood (or London Plane). |
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| First step is to work out a cutting list and make some
full size drawings to work out the construction details. Then it's time to
break down the timber into individual components. |
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| Rough cut the parts... |
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| and plane a flat face and edge.. |
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| and plane the opposite sides. |
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| The main timber is American Cherry, a real pleasure to
work. It planes up a treat! Some of the timber has a nice curl to it,
unfortunately not enough to go around. |
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| I decided to cut a slice off one of the rails to glue
as a veneer on the opposite rail. First mark a line... |
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| Then cut off freehand on the bandsaw.... |
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| Hand plane off the saw marks... |
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| and you're ready to glue it on. As you can see, some of
the timber is quite plain. |
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| You can never have enough clamps. Clean it up when dry,
and Voila! |
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| Edge joint the planks for the top. I used a hand plane
after roughing out on the power planer. |
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| Glue up the top and set aside to dry. |
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| Cut the legs to final length, using the flip stop on
the mitre gauge. |
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| Mark out the mortises......... |
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| And chop out on the mortise machine. All mortises are
1/2 inch. |
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