I'm in the process of making a maple train table (Thomas the Train) for the
son.

I want to make an apron that has a curved apron (6" wide near each tenon and
3" in the middle). How do you apply clamping pressure during assembly
without causing the apron to flex and possible crack in the center?

Am I being to paranoid?

yes...

dave

stoutman wrote:

I'm in the process of making a maple train table (Thomas the Train) for the
son.

I want to make an apron that has a curved apron (6" wide near each tenon and
3" in the middle). How do you apply clamping pressure during assembly
without causing the apron to flex and possible crack in the center?

Am I being to paranoid?

On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 02:39:51 GMT, "stoutman" .@. wrote:

I'm in the process of making a maple train table (Thomas the Train) for the
son.

I want to make an apron that has a curved apron (6" wide near each tenon and
3" in the middle). How do you apply clamping pressure during assembly
without causing the apron to flex and possible crack in the center?

Am I being to paranoid?


no.. they ARE out to get you.. *g*

I would guess that it depends on the size of the arc and the thickness of the
material??

You can use edging clamps, but the cabinet shop that I dumpster dive at cuts
templates out of particle board or cheap plywood and clamps the template..


mac

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This is a very vague question but here are some ideas.

1.Laminate the apron out of multiple strips of 1/8-1/4 strips of
hardwood, depending on the arc diameter.
- Create a form out of a stack of 3/4" MDF pieces cut to the inside
radius
- Cut notches in the back half of the form about every 5-10 degrees
so you can use clamps or just radius the back of the forms concentric
to the front.
- Make a sandwich of the strips, flat on a table, with glue
in-between each (use poly or resin glue that hardens to hold the shape,
not typical wood glue.
- Place the snadwiched stack against the form with clamp at the
center. Add clamps out toward each end slowly pulling the sandwich into
the form.
- Oh yeah, wax the form first or use wax paper.
- You could do this with all cheap wood and only have the outer
layer be nice or even veneer it after.

2. Do basicially the same thing but use wiggle-wood (a bendy plywood)
and veneer or outer strip.

3. Go to tablelegs.com and buy a pre-made radiused apron.

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