Today in my Grrage - Bedroom Furniture Build

mountainbreeze · Post by **mountainbreeze** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:32 am

I completed the next phase of the build which was to apply the styles and rails along with the edge trimming if the plywood. It's starting to look like more than a box now.
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Next will be the addition of the molding around the frames and the bases.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:52 am

Great looking pieces. Truly "fine furniture".

You and Charlese should go into the business. No. Maybe not. If you did that it would all become a job. Profit would become the driving factor rather than self satisfaction.

algale · Post by **algale** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 1:52 pm

To echo what has already been said, this is beautiful work. I particularly like the beading detail down the stiles.

mgbbob · Post by **mgbbob** » Wed Sep 18, 2013 4:37 pm

Ditto here on the beautiful work.

Bob

mountainbreeze · Post by **mountainbreeze** » Sun Sep 22, 2013 5:28 pm

Today I did the "money cuts" on the top for the low dresser. It is 68" wide and I needed to cut the ends using my crosscut sled to get a nice square splinter-free cut. Here's the setup I used. Note the clamps on the left side of the sled. This was to ensure no movement of the workpiece on the sled as I made the cut. The two narrow pieces of wood on the aux and floating table was to raise the workpiece to the same level as the sled. I used double stick tape on the bottom to hold them in place and JPW on top to lower the friction. As it turns out, this worked quite well.

In hind sight, I suppose I could have decoupled the aux and floating tables from the main table and raised them 1/2" higher than the main table instead of using the wood pieces. I think that what I did provided less drag though.

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algale · Post by **algale** » Sun Sep 22, 2013 5:46 pm

Nice looking sled. What's the maximum width piece that fits between the front and rear fences on the sled?

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sun Sep 22, 2013 6:11 pm

mountainbreeze wrote:Today I did the "money cuts" on the top for the low dresser. It is 68" wide and I needed to cut the ends using my crosscut sled to get a nice square splinter-free cut. Here's the setup I used. Note the clamps on the left side of the sled. This was to ensure no movement of the workpiece on the sled as I made the cut. The two narrow pieces of wood on the aux and floating table was to raise the workpiece to the same level as the sled. I used double stick tape on the bottom to hold them in place and JPW on top to lower the friction. As it turns out, this worked quite well.

In hind sight, I suppose I could have decoupled the aux and floating tables from the main table and raised them 1/2" higher than the main table instead of using the wood pieces. I think that what I did provided less drag though.

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Are you using long tubes here? If not, a case could be made for a pair of clamp screws in each end of the extension table.

Good thinking here re the friction. Not sure middle support was required though.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Sun Sep 22, 2013 7:13 pm

mountainbreeze wrote:Today I did the "money cuts" on the top for the low dresser. It is 68" wide and I needed to cut the ends using my crosscut sled to get a nice square splinter-free cut. Here's the setup I used. Note the clamps on the left side of the sled. This was to ensure no movement of the workpiece on the sled as I made the cut. The two narrow pieces of wood on the aux and floating table was to raise the workpiece to the same level as the sled. I used double stick tape on the bottom to hold them in place and JPW on top to lower the friction. As it turns out, this worked quite well.

In hind sight, I suppose I could have decoupled the aux and floating tables from the main table and raised them 1/2" higher than the main table instead of using the wood pieces. I think that what I did provided less drag though.

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I think you did it the right way. Using the 5' Extension Tubes to tie the tables together adds all round stability. As far as the midway support - well, it might not have been needed but being there sure did not hurt.

I will have to try your approach to eliminating movement of the work piece on the sled. I have always clamped mine to the fence. Don't know why. That is just what I have done.

mountainbreeze · Post by **mountainbreeze** » Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:48 pm

algale wrote:Nice looking sled. What's the maximum width piece that fits between the front and rear fences on the sled?

Thanks. I had fun building it. It can accommodate 21". (24" piece of BB plywood minus 3" for the front and back fences)

mountainbreeze · Post by **mountainbreeze** » Sun Sep 22, 2013 9:53 pm

[quote="JPG40504"]Are you using long tubes here? If not, a case could be made for a pair of clamp screws in each end of the extension table.

Good thinking here re the friction. Not sure middle support was required though.]

Yep, long tubes. The middle support is there just because I didn't bother to remove it. The end support was required due to the overall length of the workpiece.