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with my jack plane, which I fondly call "Mr. Jack." A jack plane, also known as a No. 5 plane, usually is 14" long and is used for a variety of tasks. I grind the iron so it's slightly convex. (I like the texture.) I also grind off the corners of the iron so they cannot dig into the wood when planing across the grain -a useful attribute when flattening tabletops, as you'll soon see. I put the legs in my shopmade kiln - a plywood box with two 100-watt lightbulbs and a recycled computer fan - to dry them to a reasonable moisture content. Now to the Top Next, I dig into my pile of cutoffs (that I had saved for future projects) and select a piece of white oak (which had been air-dried in my warehouse) that is at least 15" wide with a bit of flame grain and medullary ray showing - one of the pleasant aspects of white oak. I cut this to 15" long with a sharp Disston handsaw. There is no more pleasant sound than a sharp saw cutting through a board, other than the sound of a hand plane making that swishing sound when taking a fine shaving. I dress the top by planing diagonally across the grain with my old friend Mr. Jack until the board is level. I check the surface with winding sticks - straight lengths of hardwood - to look for twists and cupping. Then I dress the edges with my block plane. To make the bevel on the underside, make a mark V2" from the top edge all the way around the table's edge, then in 1" in from Conventional wisdom is that a jack plane is named because it was such a common item - "jack" means common (think jackknife or jackboots).You also could think of it as a jack-of-all-trades because it is so useful. Plan 2" i—r 11/2" TX 24" 11/4" 11/4"-long wedge tapers from 1/8" to zero I" kerf rr 11/2" - Leg tenon detail ■ 1/2" -3/4" Elevation BEDSIDE TEA TABLE
* Length is oversized to allow tenon to be trimmed * Length is oversized to allow tenon to be trimmed popwood.com 71 |
