{"id":394,"date":"2012-08-10T04:03:35","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T04:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidfinck.com\/blog\/?p=394"},"modified":"2012-08-10T04:09:59","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T04:09:59","slug":"a-barn-beam-a-sofa-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfinck.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/10\/a-barn-beam-a-sofa-table\/","title":{"rendered":"A Barn Beam, A Sofa Table"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>My clients scored a few 9 x 9 beams of wormy chestnut. Some of it was used architecturally: a fireplace mantel and cantilevered shelves to display a lovely collection of Chinese teapots.\u00a0 We selected this 40″ length to make a sofa table to go opposite the shelves and mantel.\u00a0 We settled on general dimensions and the general idea — a simple slab with legs dovetailed into the ends.\u00a0 The legs would be straight tapers to echo the design of the dining table.\u00a0 Basically, keep it simple.<\/p>\n

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The first task, pull some nails!<\/p>\n

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Next, do some milling.\u00a0 First joint and square two faces.\u00a0 The hefty beam dwarfs my little 10″ Inca jointer\/planer, but it’s up to the task.<\/p>\n

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Onto the band-saw to re-saw the top and legs.<\/p>\n

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I use a 6″ high fence clamped to the table and a 1\/2″ 4 tpi skip tooth blade.\u00a0 The chestnut saws easily.\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Now to do a little mocking up. The general height, width and length were set based on measurements we arrived at at the home. What I want to accomplish now is to get the thicknesses correct, along with the taper of the legs, their placement and, what the dovetail joinery will look like. I cut an extra piece of the chestnut that was full of deep checks to use as a mock up leg and a couple of chips of veneer to represent the dovetails:\"\"<\/a> I ended up thinning out the top, shrinking the width of the leg and toying around with the dovetail spacing a bit before I was satisfied.<\/p>\n

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Until next time.<\/em><\/p>\n

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