| Arts and Crafts Dining Table: Starting at the Top |
From "Woodworking"
episode DIW-203 |
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Woodworking expert Bruce Johnson has studied many details of arts and crafts furniture to design and build a gleaming yet sturdy oak dining table. Johnson modeled the table after a library table he found at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina. His table gains support from loose tenon joints, stretchers, solid ends and mortise joints. He says materials -- including top-grade oak -- for this intermediate level project should run about $400. Note: View our Project plans Materials: Wood
Pencil
Biscuit jointer
Wood glue
Long pipe clamps
Band or saber saw
- Measure, cut and plane wood to desired length and width.
- Add biscuits to eliminate the gap between boards as they are aligned to form the table top. Begin by aligning two boards, making a pencil mark every 10" (figure A). Be sure to mark across both boards.
- Align the biscuit jointer tool on the pencil mark. Cut half of a football-shaped slot on the inner (joining) sides of each board, near the center of its thickness (figure B).
- Run a bead of glue down the inner edge of the board (figure C). Apply glue to each slot and both sides of each biscuit.
- Put biscuits into all slots and align the boards. Add boards until full width of table is achieved.
- Once all boards have been aligned and joined with biscuits and wood glue, use long pipe clamps -- spaced about 15" apart -- to pull pieces together and create a tight bond (figure D) . Allow to dry for about 4 hours.
- After sufficient drying time has elapsed, measure 3 3/4" on both sides of each table corner and connect the two measurements with a straight line (figure E ). Use a band saw or table saw to remove each corner at an angle.
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The Arts and Crafts Society
1209 W. Huron
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Phone: (313) 665-4729
Fax: (313) 213-0045
Web site: www.arts-crafts.com
E-mail: info@arts-crafts.com
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