Friday, March 28, 2014

Barnsley glue up

After approximately a week of making mortises and tenons, I was finally ready for gluing up the lower frame of the Barnsley Hayrake table that I am making.

I accidentally turned one end upside down, but luckily the joints were OK, I guess that I managed to execute the joints rather precisely since I was able to get by with this small stunt.

Large complex flue ups tend to scare me a little. And this one even featured odd angles that couldn't be pressed with the use of a clamp. In theory I should have made a dry assembly first, but I haven't got any drawbore pins, so I crossed my fingers and hoped for the best.

I made the pegs out of some old oak that I have lying around. The wedges for the tenons were also made out of oak. I like the contrast of the darker oak compared to the reddish larch.

The next thing to do is to make a chamfer on all the straight parts of the frame and on the legs.
In addition to this, the legs need to have a groove cut in the upper end for receiving the stiffener for the tabletop.

Laying out the parts before the glue up.

The frame glued up, 

6 comments:

  1. It looks good so far!

    How do you like your wagon vise? That wheel sure looks cool.

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    1. Hi Brian.

      The wagon vise is OK for holding something between the dogs, so it is good when ever I am planing something on the bench. Most of the time my workholding is done by clamping the piece to the surface. Kind of like having a holdfast (which I don't).
      The wheel and spindle came of an old book binders press by the way.
      Brgds
      Jonas

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  2. Wow, that is going to be a big table! I noticed where the angled tenons meet the stretcher that the tenons are long. I'm assuming the mortise goes completely through. Did you have to miter the ends of the tenons? And would you peg them for strength?
    I'm looking forward to seeing this finished. It will take a few people to move I'm sure.
    Bill

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    1. Hi Bill

      All the joints are drawbored, and the through tenons are wedged as well, so there is a lot of redundancy in the joints.
      The tenons are angled so they pass straight through the 45 degree pieces. (I have a hard time explaining it), but it is really straight forward joinery, but it is still harder since it is not done at straight angles.
      Regarding the size of the table.. I just received a telephone call from the future owner where she asked how small I could make the table ?? She had now put a little bit of furniture in the room that was designated to hold the table, and it was a bit more crowded already than she had imagined. I drove to her place, and I could see her point. So we agreed to make the table as small as possible, which means 100" x 39" Still a respectable size, but not the behemoth that was the original plan. The new size leaves only 1" of overhang to the sides and the ends, but I think it will still look good.
      Brgds
      Jonas

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  3. Great work, looks like a lot of joints and you haven't even got legs or aprons on yet. Stil I like the looks of that table stretcher. I assume it all comes together at once rather than subassemblies? I also agree how draw bored joints can eliminate tricky clamping situations, that alone is a strong incentive for their use. It's going to look great when finished.

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    1. Thanks.
      The stretcher assembly came together one end at a time, but all joints for one end were fitted simultaneously. That is where drawbored joints really come in handy.
      There isn't going to be an apron like on other types of tables.
      I have made the legs, and they have been test fitted. But I needed to make a slot in the top of them to receive the cross stiffener for the tabletop.
      After that it will be a matter of gluing the top together and fit it. That too can off course take some time..
      At least now I have finished the honey do list for this time home, but I have caught a cold while making a new pen for the horses. I think I will go back to sea Monday, so there isn't a lot time left.
      Brgds
      Jonas

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