On 11/11/2013 03:46 PM, Bill wrote:
Doug Winterburn wrote:
Made a couple of tables for a friend - one 6' x 6' and the small one
at 3' x 6'. Made from alder at his request. He bought the alder legs
from Rockler. Here's some pics of tables made from glued up panels.

The panels float in the frame. Th large table has two pabels with a
frame piece separating them down the middle.

About 7 years old and no dropped turkeys making them fall apart ;-)


Great looking tables. The finish really makes a real difference (duh)!
; )

Nice work! Thank you for sharing, and inspiring!

Bill

....and Bill, you don't need a jointer to prep the planks for the glue
up. I used my $89 Chiwanese TS with a jointing jig, then fined tuned
with a block plane. I used a router with a slot cutter to cut the
biscuit slots for alignment. Here's a picture of my "jointer".

You don't need all the big power tools, just some alternative methods...


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