How to Make a Trestle Table Pt. 2

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Now that the leg pieces are cut to their rough shape, we need to focus on blending the parts using the router, the ball mill, and the rasp. Its a process that has a lot of wiggle room depending on your tool preferences and the final shape you are trying to achieve. I also tackle the initial work on the table top, which turns out to be a little tricky due to the size and weight of the pieces. And even though I'm not completely done with the project, I have to start the finishing process for strategic reasons.

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• trestle table
• woodworking
• mahogany

[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.

[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. :)

[ricedryer]

thank you for sharing your gift!

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

[TheWoodWhisperer]

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

[sjcronberg21]

WoW :3

[Musicmansterling17]

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

[TheWoodWhisperer]

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

[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 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.

[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.