Table Build Along, Part 10
Added 2024-09-04 11:00:03 +0000 UTCFriends:
Have we really done 10 parts of this build? I guess so, because I have a bunch of wooden parts that look like a table. Sort of. More like a table kit.
Today is the Mistake Recovery edition of the build and I'm going to remove a lot of unnecessary waste very quickly and get this build back on track. At the end, we'll have 4 legs that are ready for tapering and joinery.
Stop by the forum thread and share your thoughts!
--Rex
Comments
I'm enjoying watching your progress with this table. In this and maybe one other of the series you talk about being as efficient as possible. So, while I'm watching you work at hacking off the extra half inch of material on the blanks, I'm looking at the table saw in the background. I know that you are primarily a hand tool guy, but it would have been considerably more efficient to rip the half inch of stock off on the saw, leaving a sixteenth or so of material to finish up with the hand plane. Just saying . . .
Merritt Derr
2024-10-08 00:56:55 +0000 UTCI need to start working on this. I’m going to need some tables after our home renovation is complete.
Chris St. Cyr
2024-09-07 13:12:11 +0000 UTCI find myself in a lot of situations where I've messed up somewhere with something in a lot of different situations not just in woodworking. Although, I too find a way to fix it and learn from the mistakes I've made. We are after all only human. Thanks, Rex.
Jennessa Lynam
2024-09-05 03:56:08 +0000 UTCAnother fast alternative to using a hatchet or ax and not resorting to a bandsaw or table saw is to use a scrub plane. I’m always amazed at how fast you can take off wood from the edge of a board with a sharp and well tuned scrub plane.
Ron Paro
2024-09-05 00:14:38 +0000 UTCYou have nothing on me on goof ups. I tend to fill my brain with random irrelevant stuff while I’m doing a project. Sooooo I don’t keep my focus where it belongs. As a result, I forget to do what I need to do. But there is an upside, you windup developing all sorts of new skills working out of the hole you made. That’s how I learned to glaze windows. That has come in handy several times since then.
Richard C von Brecht
2024-09-04 23:55:12 +0000 UTCIt's an on going thing in life. Grow well. Peter
Peter R Schuck
2024-09-04 21:23:21 +0000 UTCI am not even following/building along, but wanted to say I love the series, Rex! Excellent, top-notch bonus content for the Patreons!
Helge
2024-09-04 19:45:00 +0000 UTCThe one tool I don't have-a hatchet or axe. Time to go shopping. Thank you for the video Rex. Have a good day.
Matt Evans-Koch
2024-09-04 19:26:57 +0000 UTCYou're very kind! It's embarrassing when this kind of thing happens, but all you can do is fix it.
Rex Krueger
2024-09-04 19:14:32 +0000 UTCMistakes really are the path to growth. I sure am growing!
Rex Krueger
2024-09-04 19:13:38 +0000 UTCNo one has to use an ax. I found it easier than expected and I got more confident as I used it. It's worth a try!
Rex Krueger
2024-09-04 19:13:04 +0000 UTCOh yeah, those guys are way ahead! Don't worry. I'm going to keep the pace nice and slow.
Rex Krueger
2024-09-04 19:12:05 +0000 UTCOh thank goodness. So many folks on the forum have already chopped their mortises. I thought I had missed something. Just turns out they are very zippy people. #ProcrastinationPays
Joe Gregoria
2024-09-04 17:16:42 +0000 UTCI get the concept, but hacking on a leg with a hatchet is going to take a little more confidence (and maybe with a couple of practice sessions) before I can give it a try on a final piece. Of course, if I don't ever make a mistake, then there is no issue ... :)
Rick Prosser
2024-09-04 15:39:51 +0000 UTCMy philosophy if you don't make mistakes you never really learn. Perfection doesn't exit in 99.9% of the world but there are exceptional people again who learnt by their efforts to improve like Toval and Dean, Nadia Comanice, the American Diver Greg Luganus, who hit his head on the diving board some years ago in the Olympics. And a lot more others.
Peter R Schuck
2024-09-04 13:01:09 +0000 UTCIt’s always good to know that I’m not the only person who makes this kind of miscalculation from time to time. Thanks for sharing your positive attitude and the quick solution Rex!
Ron Paro
2024-09-04 11:34:28 +0000 UTC
