In the last post I had glued up the top section. I did a okay job of getting the pieces even when gluing them all together, but the slab still needed flattening. I chose to use my router sled to flatten underside of the slab. I used the largest bit I had which was a 3/4" straight bit. I was disappointed in the surface this left, but then again it was routing end grain. I also might have been taking to large of a cut. But it is not something sanding can't take care of. I sanded the bottom of the top with both my belt sander, and my random orbit sander and removed most the tear out caused by the router bit.
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| After flattening the top |
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| Another angle of the flattened top |
The top will be flattened once the aprons are glued.
I really wanted to see how the aprons were going to look with the top so I clamped two of the aprons on for a mock up. The aprons are all over sized right now still. I like the way this is looking.
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| Mocking up the aprons on the top to get a feel for the final look. |
Next I started sanding what will be the inside faces of the aprons. It will be a lot easier to sand all the these surfaces now than when it is all assembled.
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| Two of the aprons after sanding |
This week I will be trimming the aprons to size and then gluing them to the top.
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