I need to build a table like this...
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/glossary/senet.html

How can I make a grid top, other than cutting a whole bunch of little pieces
and gluing them in place. Given the difficulty of gluing them, it seems
like something is bound to fall off.
(I will probably skip the animal feet.)

Sorry if this is a repost, but I couldn't find the post I thought I made
yesterday.

"Toller" wrote in message
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I need to build a table like this...
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/glossary/senet.html

How can I make a grid top, other than cutting a whole bunch of little
pieces and gluing them in place. Given the difficulty of gluing them, it
seems like something is bound to fall off.
(I will probably skip the animal feet.)

Sorry if this is a repost, but I couldn't find the post I thought I made
yesterday.


If the top is flat, cut dado's and inlay the strips.

I think if I were doing this, I would look for or make some veneer to g lue
on here. If done correctly, it would last a long time. You may even find
some that you could use whole, rather than having to cut and paste.
good luck...

"Toller" wrote in message
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I need to build a table like this...
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/glossary/senet.html

How can I make a grid top, other than cutting a whole bunch of little
pieces and gluing them in place. Given the difficulty of gluing them, it
seems like something is bound to fall off.
(I will probably skip the animal feet.)

Sorry if this is a repost, but I couldn't find the post I thought I made
yesterday.

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 15:03:28 GMT, "Toller" wrote:

Sorry if this is a repost, but I couldn't find the post I thought I made
yesterday.

Your original post and replies:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.w...f7dfc152890d0a

watch the line wrap


-Leuf

"Leuf" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 15:03:28 GMT, "Toller" wrote:

Sorry if this is a repost, but I couldn't find the post I thought I made
yesterday.

Your original post and replies:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.w...f7dfc152890d0a

watch the line wrap

Thanks; glad to know I'm not crazy.
But now I wonder what is wrong with my news reader.

Leon is right on! with another solution to this one. We get so focused
on one idea sometimes that we forget to look for any other options.
Dadoes and inlays, Simple!

Tom in KY, thinking that you have a few good options to work with.

"Leon" wrote in message
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"Toller" wrote in message
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I need to build a table like this...
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/glossary/senet.html

How can I make a grid top, other than cutting a whole bunch of little
pieces and gluing them in place. Given the difficulty of gluing them, it
seems like something is bound to fall off.
(I will probably skip the animal feet.)

Sorry if this is a repost, but I couldn't find the post I thought I made
yesterday.


If the top is flat, cut dado's and inlay the strips.
Would wood movement be a factor? If the base expands and the grid doesn't,
won't it pull apart? Or is the 3" width too little movement to matter?

I'd even look at gluing strips directly to the top--sort of parquetry, to
avoid the problems of cutting strips exactly the same width as the dados.
You would have to get the joints cut cleanly, but that's a manageable
problem. (Throw away the ones you cut too short.)

Walt C


"Roger King" wrote in message
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I think if I were doing this, I would look for or make some veneer to g lue
on here. If done correctly, it would last a long time. You may even find
some that you could use whole, rather than having to cut and paste.
good luck...

"Toller" wrote in message
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I need to build a table like this...
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/glossary/senet.html

How can I make a grid top, other than cutting a whole bunch of little
pieces and gluing them in place. Given the difficulty of gluing them, it
seems like something is bound to fall off.
(I will probably skip the animal feet.)

Sorry if this is a repost, but I couldn't find the post I thought I made
yesterday.

"Toller" wrote:

I need to build a table like this...
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/glossary/senet.html

How can I make a grid top, other than cutting a whole bunch of little
pieces and gluing them in place.

Same way you build a checkerboard.

Glue up some strips consisting of white and dark, then cross cut blanks
to size.

Alternate these with narrow dark strips.

Make all pieces about 1/4" thick and laminate to a piece of 1/4" plywood.

You now have a top insert around which you frame the rest of the top.

When finished, run thru a commercial top sander to get flat.

Lew

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 18:57:20 GMT, Lew Hodgett
wrote:

When finished, run thru a commercial top sander to get flat.

Lew

You're missing the part about the squares being recessed. I think
Leon is on the right track.


-Leuf

Leuf wrote:


You're missing the part about the squares being recessed. I think
Leon is on the right track.

You are right, missed that part.

Lew

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 15:03:28 GMT, "Toller" wrote:

I need to build a table like this...
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/glossary/senet.html

How can I make a grid top, other than cutting a whole bunch of little pieces
and gluing them in place. Given the difficulty of gluing them, it seems
like something is bound to fall off.
(I will probably skip the animal feet.)

Looks like it's just strips overtop in the picture, lap joints. If
you want to make yours flat, the dado plan sounds good.

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"Toller" wrote in message
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If the top is flat, cut dado's and inlay the strips.
Would wood movement be a factor? If the base expands and the grid
doesn't, won't it pull apart? Or is the 3" width too little movement to
matter?

Not for the thin strips. make the thin strips 1/16-1/8" thick. Not too
tight.

"Leon" wrote in message
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"Toller" wrote in message
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If the top is flat, cut dado's and inlay the strips.
Would wood movement be a factor? If the base expands and the grid
doesn't, won't it pull apart? Or is the 3" width too little movement to
matter?

Not for the thin strips. make the thin strips 1/16-1/8" thick. Not too
tight.

I meant to say deep not thick.

"Leon" wrote in message
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"Toller" wrote in message
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If the top is flat, cut dado's and inlay the strips.
Would wood movement be a factor? If the base expands and the grid
doesn't, won't it pull apart? Or is the 3" width too little movement to
matter?

Not for the thin strips. make the thin strips 1/16-1/8" thick. Not too
tight.
I am concerned about the base wood changing and the strips stayin the size
they are. Maybe it is too small a distance for a problem.

"Toller" wrote in
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I need to build a table like this...
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/glossary/senet.html

How can I make a grid top, other than cutting a whole bunch of little
pieces and gluing them in place. Given the difficulty of gluing them,
it seems like something is bound to fall off.
(I will probably skip the animal feet.)

Sorry if this is a repost, but I couldn't find the post I thought I
made yesterday.




another way to do it might be to use 2 inch tiles as the houses, and then
use those basswood strips you can get at craft stores like Michael's or
A.C. Moore as spacers - maybe get one of those little X-Acto miter boxes to
cut the strips (a stop block makes cutting 33 short strips easy). This way
your son can do most of the work and you can help with the alignment and
gluing so it winds up looking professional. Four long strips align the
rows, and the tiles automatically align the short strips. Just an idea.

--

Jim
"Value nothing but truth, compassion, and love"

"Toller" wrote in message
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"Leon" wrote in message
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"Toller" wrote in message
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If the top is flat, cut dado's and inlay the strips.
Would wood movement be a factor? If the base expands and the grid
doesn't, won't it pull apart? Or is the 3" width too little movement to
matter?

Not for the thin strips. make the thin strips 1/16-1/8" thick. Not too
tight.
I am concerned about the base wood changing and the strips stayin the size
they are. Maybe it is too small a distance for a problem.



If the base is solid and you cut dado's just deep to keep the darker pieces
in place, wood movement should not be to dramatic.

"Scorp" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 15:03:28 GMT, "Toller" wrote:

I need to build a table like this...
http://www.ancient-egypt.org/glossary/senet.html

How can I make a grid top, other than cutting a whole bunch of little
pieces
and gluing them in place. Given the difficulty of gluing them, it seems
like something is bound to fall off.
(I will probably skip the animal feet.)

Looks like it's just strips overtop in the picture, lap joints. If
you want to make yours flat, the dado plan sounds good.

I used lap joints. It was a little touchy since the dividers are only 1/8"
square, but I only broke a few.
Thanks all.
I just wish I could have let my 12 year old do more of the work, since it
was his project and all that, but I sure can't have him cutting 1/8" lap
joints.
I know, pick a project he can do himself; but then he just look foolish
compared to all the other parent's projects. It is the system that is
screwed up.