Woodworker's Journal 2004 Spring, страница 39

MATERIAL LIST

top rail. The deepest point of this arch should be l'A" from the bottom rail edges. Sand these curves smooth on a drum sander.

Completing the Leg Sets

There's just one more task to perform before you can assemble the leg sets: you must make the 10 slats (pieces 5 and 6). Cut all 10 to the dimensions in the Material List, then lay out and mill 3/8" long tenons on their bottom ends. Use a dado set on the table saw or a router table and rabbeting bit for this work.

The tenons on the top ends are a little trickier. I used a jig similar to the one I designed for the dining room chairs. Details for how to make and use the jig in this project are shown on pages 52 and 53.

Dry fit the leg sets together and, when everything is fitting well, start the assembly process by gluing and clamping the rails and slats together. Next apply glue and seat the rail

1 Leg Laminations (8)

2 Leg Veneer (4)

3 Top Rails (2)

T xW x L

17₄" x 3'/.," x 26 V 1/4" x 3'/₂" x 26%" 1V x 5" x 31"

4 Bottom Rails (2) 174" x 5" x 32"

5 Edge Slats (8) 1/2" x 2V x 14"

6 Center Slats (2) 1/2" x 7" x 14"

7 Rail Screws (16) #8 x 2"

8 Pyramid Plugs (16) 1/2" x 1/2" x 5/8"

Figure 3: The glued-up tabletop will expand and contract to a significant degree. Oblong slotted screw holes allow that movement to take place while firmly securing the top to the leg sets.

tenons into their leg mortises. Predrill for the screws (pieces 7) and drive them home. Then cap the bottom ones with glued-in, pyramid plugs (pieces 8, see Pyramid Plug Detail, page 54) and the top ones with flush plugs (pieces 9). After the glue dries, sand the top plugs flush.

Building the Beam

The long, one-piece beam (piece 10) is tenoned on each end to fit the mortises you chopped earlier in the bottom rails. This would be an

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