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Mothers Day Planters
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 11:14 am
by bainin
I started this about a week ago as I wanted to attempt a mortise+tenon joint. I hadn't worked on that before.
The first tenon attempt came out offset on the board face..haha-took some creative alignment on the mortise side later..but it worked for the most part.
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Here are the legs/pieces for a tall planter. You can see the mortise is placed offset on the face to compensate for the tenon mistake earlier.
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After bungling my way thru this one, I repeated a shorter planter. This one with a better aligned mortise/tenon.
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These were done in poplar with a multi clear coat polyurethane.
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Re: Mothers Day Planters
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 12:23 pm
by JPG
As long as it all stays together no one will know. Nice job!
Re: Mothers Day Planters
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 3:37 pm
by algale
I like the design! Came out great!
Re: Mothers Day Planters
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 4:48 pm
by BuckeyeDennis
They look great! I'm afraid to show my wife, as my own honey-do queue is already a mile long.
I'm curious -- what did you use cut the tapers? Those and the end round-overs really take the design to the next level.
Re: Mothers Day Planters
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 8:25 pm
by bainin
I did the tapers on the bandsaw once I had cut down the legs to 2x36 rectangles on the saw (for the tall one).
The mortise and tenon/slot work - I first thought to do on the router table, but opted to nibble them away on the saw once I gave that a try and saw it worked nicely.
I have a couple pieces of the poplar left - I will likely make a few more while I still remember what I did. I would still like to improve
the mortise/tenon joints further and get better at that. Seems to be someting I would use often.
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Re: Mothers Day Planters
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 8:48 pm
by john
Great Job, good looking too!
I like the style and they should look great with pots and plants in them
John
Re: Mothers Day Planters
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 11:28 pm
by JPG
I am curious why you made the tenons so large? That is what size router bit you had for the mortises??
Re: Mothers Day Planters
Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 12:47 am
by bainin
Yes- i have 1 good bit for the router currently
Is there a "standard" size for these things?
Re: Mothers Day Planters
Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 9:34 am
by JPG
1/3 total width.
shoulder 1/3, tenon 1/3, shoulder 1/3.
To 'guarantee' alignment ALWAYS reference a common edge.
Re: Mothers Day Planters
Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 10:26 am
by bainin
Thanks JPG - I will see if I can manage that on the next round .
Any recommendations on length ?
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