you guys are rocken!!! hey chuck you2 are kicken butt....i hope your having fun....hey rob....i dont know if there is a list for the applied foot but you could bang that out ..no problem....i dont think the next episode will be up till Wednesday...so if you want too ...gimmie a call and i can give you a break down on the stringing....great job guys....this actually might work....i am pumped!!!

Cook'in Rob.......way to "get'er done" and go after it.

Hey Rondo......boys are start'in to come up big!!!! Do'in Big-T proud. What do you think????

Hey Justin.......how are you do'in????

Who else we got out there.......I saw a Smitty post.

Wow! You guys work fast! The tables are looking great. The applied foot procedure is on the official procedure page in MyProjects:
http://www.bobvila.com/MyProjects/The_Rough_Cut_Show_Federal_Table-P1972.html

The middle haunch doesn't have to be super tight. The most important part is to make sure tenon sits tight against the bottom of the mortise.

Those legs look awesome, Rob! Doing the quad-tapered leg with no foot is a pretty simple change from the one with a foot.

Keep up the good work, everyone. And keep the pictures coming.

Eli

NBSS Student

Here's my afternoon's progress...

I ran down to my lumberyard yesterday and they were out of the mo-hog, so I had to settle for walnut... anyhow, I hope to start on the legs tomorrow,

Eli, what's the importance of having the tenons bottom out?

Look forward to seeing everyone else's pics.

Thanks again to Tommy and Eli.

Whit

Nice looking table you've got there. What are the fish all over it?

The tenons need to sit on the bottom edge of the mortise so that the bottoms of the rails all lie in the same plane. That's why we stayed off our knife lines when mortising, and then pared to the lines. It's all to ensure that those rails line up perfectly.

This may seem like small potatoes, but it's a big deal. If the rails aren't all in the same plane, your table won't sit flat. s a result, there will be no reference when installing the runners. Also, when we band the bottom edge of the rails, the banding won't run continuously around the table. Finally, there will be a big old gap under your rails.

Obviously, there's always a fix for every problem. But, for me, this is one of those situations where I'm extra careful.

Eli

NBSS Student

I put a "fish" on a side after I run on the jointer so I will know which side goes up in the planer. I didn't even pay any attention to the photo...I guess they just happened to all be on the same side.

Anyhow, I guess I just misunderstood the first post on the tennons. I understand sitting on the bottom of the mortise, I thought you meant the back (as in the surface that abuts the tennon surface that you chamfered.)

I was just curious, as I was in a hurry to get to dinner tonight and decided to chop a hair off the end of the tennon instead of really cleaning out the mortise. Thought thats what you were talking about NOT doing... nevermind...

Thanks,

Whit

Wow, the table looks great in walnut. How did you make the mortises?

Very cool........I'm excited to see a few of these in walnut also. Hey Smitty, I was going to clip the tenon bottom also, reference off the top. I think I better go read the procedure sheet and stay on the North Bennett side of the Street, before I'm

swimming with your fishes......Neil :)

yeah...barefaced off the bottom works best for me....i love the walnut too...its funny to see such early morning posts...sundat morning before 8 for me....i am about to try how to explain making banding....yikes...allot to remember and relearn....looking great guys....

Hey T-mac, if its cool, let me know how to reach you for the details on the stringing. Thx man