I hardly ever use biscuits on edge gluing.

 

I never did either until I bought the biscuit jointer.
Just makes lining up things much easier.

 

I never did either until I bought the biscuit jointer.
Just makes lining up things much easier.

Glue dries quick, biscuits take time. I see no benefit to them most of the time when edge gluing. I use them in Euro cabinets which is one of the few times I actually glue them. Most of the time I just leave them dry in their slots.

 

I always used dowels or pins for alignment.

Biscuits are faster fur a lot if things because alignment isn't as critical.

OTOH, just gluing up can be fast.

 

A work in progress.

Tom

 

Nice...

I don't what it is with the two-tones nowadays... Just got another one in the pipeline... and the one after that is in the bathroom?... must have been a special on HGTV or something...

 

Small closet system in progress.

Tom

 

Another beaded vanity.

Tom

 

Got the top glued up today

No biscuits, 1/2" spline.

Here's that bowed board

 

tjbnwi:

You're going to have to support that countertop cantilever; it's too deep and spans too long to not sag, particularly if it's natural stone. And a sag will torque the top making a crack at the rear sink corner more likely.

I'd router the top of the sink base cabinets to accommodate some 1" square tube steel if you'd like to avoid some knee-knocking corbels.

 

The counter top fabricators take of of additional support. They use a flat bar that is around 1/2” thick.

Most if not all of these tops are quartz.

Tom

 

We did one recently with corbels, can’t find any pictures of it.

This one has a 6cm top. I do not know if they braced this one.

Tom

 

Finally got a chance to finish my first end grain cutting board now that work is so slow. Also put a maintenance coat on a face grain board I made for my girlfriend last year.

 

Apparently they prefer to be called little people now. Some of my girlfriends family are little people, I learned the hard way I’m not quite sensitive enough about that sort of thing lol.

 

Tell them you would be fine if they called you big people or giants.

 

 

Yep that’d definitely go over well the next time I join them for thanksgiving 😆

 

Did this router setup to router a 3/4" wide slot into the end of the slab. Did 3 mortises, at the edges and in the center.

And obviously the loose tenon won't be this long. I was checking for how straight the mortise is and it's pretty good. Drops about 1/32" over a 16" length. It's only going so deep into the breadboard ends. But I can put the BB ends on my drill press and make the holes deeper than I can reach with the router bit.

 

Got the mortising and floating tenons done. Did have a slight issue. Everything was nice and snug but one or both mortises had a slight angle on them. Probably from my fence setup. A very small connection to the fence vs a very long board. Any slight angle might show up and it looks like it did. When I connected the BB end to the tabletop it sagged down because of the angle. I could force it up but the tenons were holding it down. So I used a chisel and carved the inside of the BB end mortise at a slight angle to compensate. I might slice a really thin pc of wood and put it into the mortise on the opposite side... or not.

When I apply the BB end permanently I'll be gluing the center tenon along with about 8" of the center which will hold the BB on solid and the outside will be pinned with an enlongated hole to allow for seasonal movement which should be about 3/8" total going from 6% to 8%. I'll allow for more. Since it's winter and the humidity is probably bottomed out I'm going to leave the BB ends about 1/8" long on each side so the table will grow into it.

Just what I needed to do... add another 40 lbs to this monster.

 

Good customer, asked me if I did fences. I said, well I guess I can do anything. 😂

 

Good customer, asked me if I did fences. I said, well I guess I can do anything. 😂

well done seven.

 

Got the BB ends put on today. And a root canal

Glued the loose tenons into the slab on both sides.

Put things back together and sanded everything flush. It was out about 1/64th. Took it back apart and remarked everything so I could drill the holes for the pins. Got things marked up and put it back together again. Drilled an 1/8" hole 1" from the meeting edge through the tenons. Then I used a 3/8" spade bit to score the top and bottom of the holes so the final sized drill bit wouldn't splinter the wood. After that I drilled a 5/16" hole all the way through, the 1/8" hole was it's guide. Then I took it apart again. Put an extra loose tenon in the slot of the BB end and used a 3/8" drill to finish the final hole size. The loose tenon was to prevent splintering on the inside of the mortise. Then I elongated the center hole to 3/8" keeping it's width at 5/16". I elongated the two outside holes to 3/8" in the same manner and also elongated them width wise so when the slab expand in the summer there's room for the peg to move.

Glued the center tenon and 8" of the slab in the center. Clamped everything up tight and then pounded in the 3/8" pegs. I did one side at a time and the last side is probably dry by now. I'll see it tomorrow.

 

Got the shelf with the blue boxes delivered and installed. 2 trips to deliver it. Well, really three. I took two sections at a time. I might have been able to fit 3 but why bother - it'd still be 2 trips. Then I brought the boxes on the trip for the install day.

With the lights on.

 

Nice...

Go back at night for pic that will really showcase it without the natural light from outside...

 

I want a picture with all the stuff she plans on putting in there.

 

That would definitely bring the design to life... two birds with one stone... but I'd still want that pic at night focused on the details of your work...

 

The lights only do the boxes. So it would be a limited showing.

 

I imagine they also have other lighting the house... certainly your call...

 

They have a lighting strip on the floor. Nothing in the ceiling.... yet

 

Well, the big azz chunk of wood stains well. Stains like Oak would. Easy, no blotchiness and even. This is the underside. I'll finish this with ML Campbell's Krystal which is a conversion varnish. The top side is going to be finished with a 2K poly.

 

What do you think that weighs, Leo? I don't envy you the wrestling match.

 

400ish lbs. Took 3 guys to flip it and it never got off the sawhorses. 1 to hold it back and two to flip it. I think a minimum of 4 to move it into place on top of the metal frame of the table.

 

Tricky. Not so much just dealing with the weight, but protecting a nice finish while doing so has to be interesting. Guess that's why I just swing hammers, pick stuff up and put stuff down.