The Woodshop Shed

"PURSE TABLE"

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DW asked if I could make her a table to sit her purse on. It would be smallish as the AZ home is tiny. So I said yes and off to the lumber store I went.Table top is 17” x 15” with the lower level 13” x 12”. It is 29.5” tall. The “Purse Table” name came during one of my shop Orientation Training evenings near the end of it one of the new shop members asked what I was working on? I answered a Purse Table.Never have done a floating top table before so started thinking and sketching.Tapered legs and M/T joint for the aprons were in the evolving drawings. Made a tapering jig for the legs, easy-peezy, had some 1/2” birch plywood long enough and some extra pine left over from making a test tapered leg. Tapered all legs on the two outside faces. Mortises on the square inside face. Had to cut the mortises prior to the tapers.Made the legs and aprons from cherry, top from walnut, cherry and a center strip of maple (had maple on hand).Lower level is walnut and cherry.First time attempting to use Tung oil finish. I like it but is a labor of love. Both levels have 5 coats on them but think I am not done yet, maybe 2 more. I used Waterlox Original Sealer/Finish.A couple of things I would change. I have 1.75” from the top of the table legs to the bottom of the table top, would cut that down at least one half inch. For some strange reason thought the supports for the floating top would hide better if black. So I stained them black. Not so good, so next year when we get back to AZ will veneer them with 1/8” cherry or other light wood.Last thing I would change is trying to sand out a table saw blade burn mark that came about on the last tapered leg and tapering sled got off a straight path near the end of the cut. Before I knew it there is a slight bow in the leg, now designated to the back side of the table.We leave for the great PNW in the next week or two so may take more pics and add in the commentary later if the finish gets completed.

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Tenon jig

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I made the tenon jig for the Tablesaw using plans from shopnotes magazine. I used Baltic Birch plywood and oak. I just made it to have something to do because building jigs and fixtures is an addiction. I already had the hardware so time is all I have invested. The plans call for a micro adjuster I just didn't want spend 20+ dollars for one.

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Thickness hand plane (post)

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Thickness hand plane
from old classic wood plane.The other day, when I were going though the planes, I found the one that became THE FASTEST PLANE IN THE WORLD and then this one, I simply can't remember from where I got any of them, but they were there on one of the shelves with wooden planes and both of them were full of soul, but had some issues.This one needed love, but had plenty of life in it, so it got a new purpose, from smoother to thickness plane.This post is from the blog: https://www.lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/132472
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1. Thickness hand plane.
2. Making the sides.
3. Simple wing nut and washer.
4. It works!
5. A sole with soul.
6. Smiles.

Hope it can be to some inspiration, or even some old planes, that find a new purpose in their life.Best thoughts,MaFe

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Longworth Chuck

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This jig helps you easily reverse your work for base turning. Properly finished bowls never reveal how the turner mounted them. However, traditional methods for reversing a bowl to turn the base involve a lot of fuss and bother. …Source

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Venetian-blind Vise Spacer

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Venetian blinds purchased from a home center come in a variety of standard sizes. They are cut to the correct width by the retailer, but to adjust the height you remove a number of the slats at home. If you're …Source

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