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[mtt.tr]

This popped up on Facebook this morning made 9 years ago when i was still with the cabinet maker this was a test for me, all proper joints

Never took a picture of it complete also i didn't turn the legs

Thought it might have some interest

 

[selectedgrub]

Very nice

 

[mtt.tr]

Very nice

Sono after i was going some really complicated restoration jobs, didnt take enough pictures of the things i did do. Then we ran out work i had a career change

 

[earthman]

Anyone make similar but out of steel? Imagine the legs being turned, top edges milled, welded or bolted together.

The next option would be to see it made from one solid block of steel, can you imagine the cost and weight of it though. Lol

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Thought it might have some interest

Thanks for sharing, that looks exactly like my Granny's old table. . You didn't know my Granny, did you........

 

[mtt.tr]

Thanks for sharing, that looks exactly like my Granny's old table. . You didn't know my Granny, did you........

That's why cabinet makers struggle most want to hone their skills. But customers want painted mdf.

 

[Morrisman]

The next option would be to see it made from one solid block of steel, can you imagine the cost and weight of it though. Lol

I can’t imagine why nobody has done it yet, lack of imagination?

 

[bigegg]

I can’t imagine why nobody has done it yet, lack of imagination?

they make fantastic welding benches...

 

[Maker]

I can’t imagine why nobody has done it yet, lack of imagination?

Lack of demand?

 

[colnerov]

Why doesn't anyone want a table weighing 4 tons?

 

[MCKDAVID]

my old man (cabinet maker too) would have chased me out of the workshop if I left a plane sitting upright on it's sole... always on it side away from you... was never convinced that was better, but that was his way...

nice table by the way...

 

[armalites]

my old man (cabinet maker too) would have chased me out of the workshop if I left a plane sitting upright on it's sole... always on it side away from you... was never convinced that was better, but that was his way...

nice table by the way...

You can keep all your modern learning, you never forget the lessons that resulted in you getting a bollocking from you dad.

 

[Maker]

my old man (cabinet maker too) would have chased me out of the workshop if I left a plane sitting upright on it's sole... always on it side away from you... was never convinced that was better, but that was his way...

I was told this at college, I suppose if you put it sole-down on the bench a bit too forcefully a bit of metal could chip the blade.

 

[bigegg]

I was told this at college, I suppose if you put it sole-down on the bench a bit too forcefully a bit of metal could chip the blade.

it comes from the original wooden planes: the blades were only held in with a wedge.
if they were put sole down, then it changed the adjustment.

the "newer" (last 130 years) planes arent as susceptible because the blades are held/adjusted by a bolt/thread mechanism.
but traditions stick...

 

[MCKDAVID]

to be fair he was always a bit fanatical about sharpening, so I suppose that he didn't want to go to all the bother of putting a fine finish on it, just for some cack handed hooligan (me) to blunt it by dumping it on the bench.....

just wandered through from the workshop, and yep the plane is still on its side, blade away from the bench, so @armalites i reckon your right...

 

[Parm]

This popped up on Facebook this morning made 9 years ago when i was still with the cabinet maker this was a test for me, all proper joints

Never took a picture of it complete also i didn't turn the legs

Thought it might have some interest

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Nice work Matt

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

my old man (cabinet maker too) would have chased me out of the workshop if I left a plane sitting upright on it's sole... always on it side away from you... was never convinced that was better, but that was his way...

nice table by the way...

On wood it makes no odds.
Wouldn't put one sole down on metal or concrete mind.

 

[mtt.tr]

my old man (cabinet maker too) would have chased me out of the workshop if I left a plane sitting upright on it's sole... always on it side away from you... was never convinced that was better, but that was his way...

nice table by the way...

Nonsense ive got some lovely old pictures from the 30s planes face down. And those poor sods didnt have a bench grinder.

I wouldn't put it face down on my bench at the time as that often had small pins from stops.

 

[mtt.tr]

This one is 10years old made with another cabinet maker, he found me my apprenticeship.
I need to refinish the top, stained in storage.


I can smell the glue pot from doing the veneering.

 

[Parm]

This one is 10years old made with another cabinet maker, he found me my apprenticeship.
I need to refinish the top, stained in storage.


I can smell the glue pot from doing the veneering.
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Neat, is that done using machinery or hand tools?