Kitchen Set, Step 1.07

[rhull]

This weekend I was able to mill up the wood for the apron of the table, as well as finish sizing the legs, adding the taper to the legs, laying out and drilling the mortises, and squaring up half of the mortises. I'm hoping I can finish up the m&t joints over the next two weekends.






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[Beamer]

NICE!

Yer movin' along quite well, there

How do you taper? By hand?

[Joe Lyddon]

Looking good! Keep it up! Thank you!

[fredbelknap]

Nice Rob. Question, do you do the mortises before you taper the legs? Nice looking lumber.

[rhull]

Mar 7, 2010 23:33:12 GMT -6 Beamer said:

How do you taper? By hand?

Thank you, foks.

Nope, I didn't taper by hand. I have a tablesaw jig I made a couple years back that works pretty well.

Mar 8, 2010 5:41:56 GMT -6 fredbelknap said:

Question, do you do the mortises before you taper the legs? Nice looking lumber.

No, I drilled the mortises out after I tapered the legs. I indexed off the outside edges that weren't tapered, while drilling, so no problems doing that.

[rhull]

Ahhhhh...and I finished squaring up the mortises this evening. That's a nice feeling. Here's to hoping I can get the tenons done on Saturday so I can start sanding and prep for finishing.

[sawduster]

With all them M&T you did on the baby bed, you ought to be knockin these out in your sleep. ;D Comin right along.

[dcarter636]

I'm surprised Rob will even look at M&T after hacking out the 152 mortises in that crib.

[rhull]

Mar 9, 2010 9:16:45 GMT -6 dcarter636 said:

I'm surprised Rob will even look at M&T after hacking out the 152 mortises in that crib.

I think it was closer to 200.

[Ruffnek]

Mar 9, 2010 10:30:43 GMT -6 rhull said:

Mar 9, 2010 9:16:45 GMT -6 dcarter636 said:

I'm surprised Rob will even look at M&T after hacking out the 152 mortises in that crib.

I think it was closer to 200.

Dang. I get tired just doing a dozen or so with a mortiser.

You are making good progress, Rob. BTW, I have one of those NYW style tapering jigs but I generally just use a purpose built one.