I wasn't plan on this being a 12 step program but it is starting to feel like it. After giving the aprons a good sanding it was time to start thinking about how the pieces need to go together.
I trimmed the two thick aprons a little longer than I need. Then took time to lay out the locations of some dowels to help with alignment during glue up and hopefully add a little strength. After drilling for the dowels I test fit the two thick aprons and measured for the two thin aprons. After cutting the thin aprons to the final size I once again marked out locations for dowels to connect the thin aprons to the thick aprons.
Then it was time for a dry assembly.
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| dry assembly |
By doing the dry assembly I found I didn't have enough clamps to clamp it all together at once and to get alignment correct I didn't think I could assemble it in stages. That meant I had to get some more clamps.
After a trip to the store I had enough clamps to start the assembly. I wish I had some pictures of it going together but I was working alone and was in a hurry to get it all together and clamped before the glue started to set.
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| a more appropriate number of clamps |
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| you can't ever have to many clamps |
I scraped as much glue squeeze out off as possible and then let it all set to cure.
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Out of the clamps, you can see I left the aprons proud of the top. They will be evened out when flattening the top.
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I then used a hand plane to even the corners of the aprons up and a belt sander to flatten the top.
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| The top is looking really good |
Next the aprons need trimmed to length, some more sanding, attach the legs, and apply finish.
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