Woodworker's Journal Harvest-Table, страница 6

Begin assembling the table frame by first gluing the front two legs onto the stretchers and the rear two legs onto the rear apron. Allow the glue to dry.

Glue those two assemblies onto the side aprons, with the cleat in between. Also, put the corner blocks in during the glue-up; that helps keep everything square.

Edge-glue narrower stock for the top and leaves (B), making sure the stock is exactly 3/4" thick, as the rule joint requires precision. NOTE: The glue-ups should be slightly oversized to allow for squaring and cleaning up the edges. Take extra care when gluing up the stock so that you don't have to plane down the top to get it flat. You may want to insert splines or dowels to help keep the boards flush as you glue them together. Make sure that the cleats are waxed so they don't become a permanent part of the table.

Allow the glue to dry, and then remove the clamps.

Cut the top and leaves to size, leaving them 1/16" wider than the width in

the Materials List.

Pass the top and leaves over a jointer, taking 1/32" off each edge. NOTE: If you do have to plane the top a bit, stay away from the edges that will form the rule joint.

Joint all four edges you'll be working with on the top and leaves, making sure they're square and true.

Select a 1/2" radius roundover bit and a 1/2" radius cover cutter to begin cutting the roundovers on the top and the cove on the leaf for the rule joint (see Rule Joint Detail).

Set the cutter to leave the 1/8" step as shown, and cut a test piece to make sure the setting is right on.

Cut the roundovers on the top once you are satisfied with the setting.

Test your setup on scrap before cutting the coves.

Cut the coves, setting the bit so it leaves the 1/8" thick edge as shown.

NOTE: The test piece for the coves should match the roundover test piece

cut earlier. They should be perfectly flush.

Cut the coves in the leaves.

Adjust for the fact that the radius of the top roundover should be slightly less than the radius of the leaf cove.

Glue some 120-grit sandpaper to the cove test piece and remove about 1/32" from the roundovers, being careful to sand the roundovers only, not the 1/8" flat area.

Use sandpaper to slightly round the edges at the underside of the roundovers.