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Entry Table: Preparing the Wood From "Freeform Furniture" episode DFFF-104

In this first segment host Amy Devers surfaces the rough eucalyptus lumber using a jointer and then mills it down to the proper thickness. She then rips the pieces to length and width and glues the baseboards together.

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Host Amy Devers uses a jointer to even out the wood for the table to uniform size.

Materials:

Eucalyptus rough lumber
Push block
Measuring device
Safety glasses
Miter gauge
White glue
Trowel
Clamps
Dowels
Combination square
Pencil
Awl
Dowel center points
Masking tape
T-square
Biscuits
Chamfer bit
Cowhide
Wooden form
Bucket
Hot water
Glue brush
Utility knife
Ruler
Template boards
Double stick tape
180-grit sandpaper
220-grit sandpaper
Clean cotton cloth
Rubber gloves
Leather dye
Wipe-on polyurethane
Mallet

Tools:

Jointer
Planer
Table saw
Hammer
Drill press
Biscuit jointer
Vacuum bit
Jigsaw
Router

	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C
	Figure D
	Figure E
	Figure F

Preparing the Wood

1. Rough lumber needs to be surfaced and then cut to length and width. To begin the surfacing, you need to use a jointer. The jointer has an in-feed table and an out-feed table. A jointer basically evens out the wood to uniform size. It accomplishes this by using a set of sharp blades that remove thin layers of the wood each time the board passes over them until one side is perfectly flat (figure A). This process is repeated until all sides are uniform.

   
   

2. For the edge, place the flattened face against the fence, turn the jointer on and guide it through applying light downward pressure.

   
   

3. Direct the wood through the jointer (figure B) removing no more than 1/16th of an inch. Make passes until the edge is square to the flat face.

   
   

4. The first face and one edge of the wood is flat and square and needs to be milled down to proper thickness. To do this, use a planer. As you plane the wood off by the cutting head, support the board as it leaves the machine. After you plane the bottom pieces, readjust the planer for the side pieces and pass all the pieces through the planer one at a time (figure C) until all the wood has been milled.

   
   

5. Cut it down to length and width on the table saw. Feed the board through the blade pushing along the fence making sure to rip the proper width (figure D). Repeat this process ripping all the stock for the table.

   
   

6. Cross cut the boards to length on the table saw using a miter gauge to guide the stock through the saw blade.

   
   

7. Finish off the cutting for the sides and tops of the table frame by positioning the blade tilt on the table saw for a 45-degree cut. Check the angle with a combination square and set the miter gauge and push the wood through the blade cutting 45-degree angles (figure E) on each side piece.

   
   

8. Make the cuts on the sides for the top of the accent table.

   
   

9. Once all the miters are cut, glue the boards together that will be the base. The bottom is twice as thick as the rest to give physical weight so that it won't tip.

   
   

10. Run a heavy layer of glue on the base boards and spread the glue with a trowel and sandwich the pieces together. Use a caul (piece of wood used when clamping) to help distribute even pressure (figure F).

    
    

11. Allow the glue to dry for ten hours.

    
    

12. Clean up the edge on the jointer. Start by joining the side of the base using the jointer. Run the piece through the jointer until it is flat and square.

    
    

13. Pass the base through the planer and guide the piece as it exists. Repeat the process until it is about 2-1/2" thick.

    
    

14. Using the table saw, rip the piece to width. Set the miter gauge and finish off the process by cutting the base to length.

RESOURCES :

Delta Woodworking Power Tools
Website: www.deltawoodworking.com

Vacuum Pressing System
Website: www.vacupress.com

Festool
Website: www.festoolusa.com

Gladiator Garageworks by Whirlpool
Website: www.gladiatorgw.com

Stanley Tools Product Group
Website: www.stanleytools.com

Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, Inc.
Website: www.lie-nielsen.com

WMH Tool Group
Website: www.wmhtoolgroup.com

Power Tools (Porter Cable)
Porter Cable Power Tools
Website: www.portercable.com

Hand Tools
Garrett Wade Co., Inc.
Website: www.garrettwade.com

The Peck Tool Company
Website: www.pecktool.com

Biesemeyer
Website: www.biesemeyer.com

Saw Blades
Forrest Manufacturing Company
Website: www.vacupress.com

Jogensen Adjustable Clamp Company
Website: www.adjustableclamp.com

Adhesives, Abrasives and Safety Equipment
The 3M Company
Website: www.3m.com

Klein Tools
Website: www.kleintools.com

Ulmia GmbH
Website: www.ulmia.de

Lumber
Weyerhaeuser Co.
Website: www.weyerhaeuser.com

Woodcraft
Website: www.woodcraft.com

Shop Equipment
Eagle Manufacturing Company
Website: www.eagle-mfg.com