Converting an old marble table to a coffee table. I haven't worked in my shop recently and forgot how much work even the most basic thing like cutting to length is. Anyways, I'm happy how things turned out.
I remember why it's called woodWORKING again (progress pics inside)
8 Comments
einkorn@feddit.org · 5 pts · 1y
If it is still possible, can you please post a picture of the joints from the perspective of the feet? Is it simply rectangular holes to fit the pegs (not sure if that's the correct English word)?
callcc@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Unfortunately I didn't document that part of the process. But you figured it out correctly. It's two rectangular pockets that meet in the center of the leg. I drilled a bunch of holes using an 8mm drill bit and then chiseled out the rest. This process works quite well, even though it's not extremely precise, especially since I used pine.
verstra@programming.dev · 3 pts · 1y
From the last picture, it looks like legs can slide from the bottom direction onto the joint. So the legs don't have a "rectangular hole", but a "L-shaped slot from the top". I hope this description make sense.
callcc@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
No, It's the rectangular holes meeting in the middle.
Erro@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing!
wise_pancake@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
That joinery is so clean!
Great work!
callcc@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
The pictures make things look better than they are ;) but thanks anyways!
HelixDab2@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
How did you cut the right-angle groove in the top of the legs?
Hmmm.
Now that I think about it, you bundled 6 pieces together to make the rails. So you could make the legs by bundling 9 pieces together, and have 3 pieces cut short to allow that to slot in. If you did the final planing pass for every single piece at the same time--so they were all exactly the same size--you should get a very tight fit.