Page 4  Table Top Build Begins

I had glued-up the two boards before I was approached to do this show & tell on our

web site. These 14 inch wide boards have been glued-up for a couple of months now. 

I used biscuits, reversed the grain on the boards and the boards are still very flat

even though they were leaning against a wall  and not laying flat down.

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These photos show the length and  width of the top. The finished top 

should be about 70 inches long and 28 inches wide when completed.

The original board was 14 inches wide and 14 feet long. Sometimes in our

business when we receive an order of lumber to build a set of cabinets

we'll find boards as wide as 21 inches. We usually keep these

boards for special projects such as my computer table.

Here I'm using a t-square to square the end of the top and using a story stick

to set the fence to the proper distance for the router to follow  so I can straight line

 and square the ends.

When straight lining the top ends I make one pass 1/2 way though the

boards. On the second pass I lower the bit and finish the router-cut.

Once I've finished sizing the top I take measurements to make sure the top is square. 

In the photo on the right is the 5/4 cherry board I'll use to make the 4  1/8 inch

wide breadboard ends for the top. The cherry board was left over from a

Shaker Style kitchen we build recently.

The top being made from a 4/4 board and the cherry board being a 5/4 board

I had to plane it down a little so it would be easier to level when I use an

old wood smoothing hand plane to finish it.

The left photo shows the bread board end being checked for a fit before I start

cutting the mortise and tenons. The photo on the right side is what's left of

the 5/4 cherry board and a 4/4 maple board. 

I'm going to give away these two boards and a few more boards to preferably

a beginner woodworker that's following the build of my new computer table.

Maybe you can be the new owner of these very pretty boards. I'll decide  on

a way to do this a little later.