Bedside Table Assembly
Posted: April 27, 2015 Filed under: Exhibition, Field | Tags: assembly, bedside table, dowel, furniture, mortise and tenon, oak, wood Leave a comment
This week I routered the channels for the drawer runners to slide through and began to join the top of the bedside table together. Like in the tall chest of drawers I made in first term, I used dowels to join it as it prevents the wood from moving.
Then I moved onto the legs, they were tricky to assemble as the legs taper and this meant that supports (skirt) between them had to be angled to accommodate this. The angle was hard to cut accurately on the band saw so I finished cutting the tenon out with a chisel.
I angled the feet of the legs and also kept the wood the same thickness of 15mm like the chest of drawers to give a sense of continuity between my pieces.
Assembled Chair
Posted: March 18, 2014 Filed under: Year 2- Subject | Tags: assembly, chair, lathe, turning, varnish, wood Leave a commentToday I assembled the arms onto my chair. Next I need to tweak a few things, like sanding the curves of the legs back in line with the base and making sure everything is in line. After that I’ll tidy it up by giving everything a sand and then seal it with Danish varnish to bring out the grain and prevent warping.
Chair Assembly
Posted: October 17, 2013 Filed under: Year 2- Subject | Tags: assembly, chair, sander, sanding, turning, wood Leave a commentIn the last workshop session I glued the basic frame of my chair together and measured it up for making the base and back pieces.
Like the assembly of the arms, I glued planks of wood together with tough Gorilla glue and left it to dry in clamps. When dry they were leveled out on the wood planer to bring the planks neat and level with each other.
I cut them to fit the frame and clamped them down. I had a minor issue with the base as when it was butted up against the back of the chair there was a slight gap between it and the back legs. I overcame this by making small wedges of wood to fit either side. I cut the wood so that the grain matched that of the seat so it blended in seamlessly to the base.
As I had curved the arm ends to make them more comfortable under the hand, I carried on the curve to the legs to give the chair a more cohesive look. The curve takes away some of the bulkiness as it was looking a bit bottom heavy. I used a hand sander to curve the outer edges and brought it all the way up to the base of the seat.
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