How to Make a Trestle Table Pt. 2

[ROFLfusionknife]

words cant describe how much i want a router bit like that

any idea where i can get one?

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@ROFLfusionknife At the William Ng School.

[sjcronberg21]

WoW :3

[hoold90]

Marc, the desk is a quality piece of work and most enjoyable to watch its construction. My main pre-occupation however is with the work bench behind you in the finishing segment. Did you build it? Did you video its construction? I need to put together something like that.

Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas from Sherwood Forest.....

Gareth

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@hoold90 Hey Gareth. Thanks for the kind words. While the bench is a decent looking model, its not the most functional. Its top heavy and all-together too light.  If you are looking to design a great work-holding bench, I recommend picking up Chris Schwarz's book Workbenches. It will help you plan out a very simple, but beautiful workbench that won't suffer from the same things mine does. :)

[Musicmansterling17]

Got clamps? Ha no, I do... have shop envy. sweet set up Marc!

[windmill10]

Hi Mark, love the videos. On the epoxy. What you should do is apply some plain epoxy (without the filler material) first. Let that soak in for half an hour or so. Then apply the epoxy glue with the filler and clamp the pieces together. That way you prevent "dry joints" because the wood will soak up a lot of epoxy.

[virio]

Hi Marc,

i think that some none professional people need to know that but haven´t asked.

How do you prevent the desktop to get in a convex or concave shape when the wood works?

I haven´t seen any dovetail batten or something like this. If you got two peaces this wide i think you could get in some trouble.

Thanks for your answer.

Michael

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@virio Well the wood is kiln dried, flat and stable to begin with. The two pieces are glued together and then secured to the trestle legs. The legs themselves will help act as cleats to keep the top flat. But mostly I am just hoping the table stays flat on its own. With some designs, that's the best you can do.

[virio]

@TheWoodWhisperer Is this your own way or is it typical for the US to do it that way?

When i´m making a desktop or any furniture with wide parts of solid wood, i´m always making any dovetail batten, glue the desk from wooden strips and connect them with tubes made of aluminium or solid hardwood, so you didn´t see the tubes.

And i didn´t know anyone in my country that isn´t doing it like that.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@virio I have heard of techniques like you describe, but I don't see them being used very often here.

[bobswoodshop]

Nice work Mark I can't wait to see the final finish.

[fyfter]

Great vids dude, lookforward to them every time! I dno bowt anyone else but id like to know more about Marc the person, so heres a few questions....What was the first ever tool you bought? When and how did you break into woodwork and who were your influences? Thanx mate

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@fyfter well thanks man. I appreciate that. Unfortunately, a youtube comment only allows so many characters and my story is a little lengthy. As for my first real specific woodworking tool, that would probably be a circular saw. If you want to know a little more about my background and story, head to my website and scroll down to the footer. There's a link to the About page with more info that you probably wanted. :)

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@LFWOL Honestly I can't remember the cost. I always forget to write these things down for the sake of the show notes. The supplier was a Phoenix local place called Spellman Hardwoods. It was indeed kiln dried. And in AZ, we rarely have to worry about acclimation. :)

[TheMick26]

Beautiful project, Marc! I can't wait to see the table finished. I bet after putting that much effort into it, you'll hate to cover it up with computer junk. ;o)

Thanks for the videos!

Take care,

Mick

[Xar0mir]

That "dripping on the workbench" was timed just perfect. xD

Thanks for the video by the way - i always learn something. :)

[bigbellyazn]

I need it now! Lol

Now that's logistics

[Mueiwark]

Good to see you using freehand carving equipment. I hope you get addicted lol. :P

One 'bit' of advice, I never use a ball bit like that, they skip WAY to much and heat up the wood to much and strain the grinder when you have to remove lots of material. I highly recommend Saburr tooth carbide bits or disks, you won't believe how fast the chips fly. More control and a safer as well.

Cant wait to see you pouring on the finish (I hope you plan on showing us that part).

[natrat51]

I like how as you mention drips on your bench you can see one hit the table. it was pretty good timing

[danno1111]

As far as stability goes, one large cup in the surface is a whole lot less noticeable than a bunch of little ripples. The tiger stripes you get from a bunch of alternating boards is less than desireable, too.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@danno1111 yeah I agree. I rarely pay attention to alternating grain. Its all about putting the best face up. Time will tell right?

[designerunderpants]

gorgous table dude!

[rikkiesix]

Hi Marc

Maybe a silly question but did you pay attention to the direction of the end grain so that they run in different directions?

What i mean is that the center of the wood points down on one board and the otherone up

Otherwise your tabletop might start getting concave at some point

I was just wondering

Really amazing looking table your making

You can be proud of your work

Greetings from Belgium

Erik

[wrathattack]

hahaa sick shirt bro? Cataclysm? Already lvl 85 woo

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@wrathattack I decided to level a Goblin first. Once the 80-85 zones clear out a bit I'll level my 80's :)

[ecasequin]

Great job! Love the series! You keep me so motivated. :D And broke.... Because I love gadgets.. sigh.

[elsaxofonista]

excellent, what I like most is the work of the legs, and the inclination.

[elimelech12]

are we going to wait forever for the conclusion?

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@elimelech12 For you? Yes. But for everyone else, no. ;)

[elimelech12]

@elimelech12 you're terrible! good work btw...

[ricedryer]

thank you for sharing your gift!

the drip on the work-bench at 14:50 was timed perfectly

[WalterSLane]

Wood does not make a good bending curve because it does not have uniform strength characteristics. I know from the experience making a curved 36" valance for a Jatoba kitchen. How much do you have invested into your tools???

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@WalterSLane Wood definitely isn't perfect, but I have had success using it for parts where absolute symmetry isn't necessary. As for the investment, I never added it up.

[WalterSLane]

For the table top, I would rip the boards to the capacity of your jointer for dressing, then glue up the boards alternating the cup of the growth rings of each board. I build a lot of cabinet doors and this is how I always prepare my raised panel. Wide boards tend to not be stable over time. For your top, time will tell.

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@WalterSLane Hey Walter, I'll take a slight risk of instability over a bunch of glue joints any day. The table is mine so if anything crazy happens, I'll be there to deal with it. But if I can manage to find really wide boards, I will go out of my way to incorporate them into my work.

[WalterSLane]

@TheWoodWhisperer Cool, I enjoy watching you work with wood. Thanks for sharing your techniques.

[mackie346]

I'm curious why the table router for the feet/top but not for vertical piece?

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@mackie346 convenience.  I used two different router bits and that allowed me to do them both quickly without having to switch bits.

[jvcrules]

Whats the song that starts at 30:20 called? I remember hearing it on the "this old house: team saturday" videos

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@jvcrules there's no name for it.  Its just a royalty-free track provided by Apple.

[myfaceback100]

how long did ti take you to do all the blending of the legs?

[TheWoodWhisperer]

@myfaceback100 Honestly I can't remember.  But it was probably no more than a day's work for both legs.

[jvcrules]

wow 40 mins. you must put tons of effort into these videos. Respect!

[Monk3yman77]

40 minutes?! Holy crap! Great video!