Getting ready for Christmas

[capncarl]

Photo of 4 Black Walnut Tiny Tables that I am in the process of building. They are all just pressed together, all joinery is dominos. These are the first tables that I have used my Festool Domino for. Now I will break them down and shape, sand, re-assemble and wax finish. One table is ordered by a customer of one of my other tables, she wants a dark wood. The others are for stock in a gallery in Apalachicola and maybe a Christmas present If I have to. Size is 21” long x 10 1/2 wide x 25” tall.
capncarl

[Slik Geek]

Nice. Was there a few complex angles? How did those work out?

[capncarl]

Every piece has several angles in it. The top slab has an 7 degree undercut bottom edge bevel. The legs are splayed 4 degrees out and 4 degrees forward and have a 6 degree taper on the 2 insides. The 2 horizontal shelf rails follow the inside edge of the leg so it has a 4 degree angle plus has a 6 degree angle on the intersecting cuts at legs. Each shelf rung has a 4 degree cut to intersect with the shelf rail. I have built several dozens of this particular table with the same angles and simular dimensions using mortise and tenon / dado / hidden screw method. Getting all of the connections presentable was very difficult and frustrating...... but every table eventually turned out beautiful and sold quickly. To say the least it was quite a challenge trying to adapt my existing fractional dimensions and compound angles to the metric functions of the Festool Domino 500. I did spend over 8 hours setting up test samples of each connection using the Domino.... and taking pages of notes. I am proud to have a assembled table that is standing on its own legs without any clamps. My previous builds used every clamp in my shop. I don’t think there is a connection that you can insert a piece of paper in. When I decided to change methods of joinery I was afraid it would cheapen the look of my tables, now I am afraid they will look more precision and “factory built”. After many hours of sanding we will see what it looks like.
capncarl

[capncarl]

Just finished table #1. Probably over 12 hours in sanding alone! I’m really pleased that all the joints are tight, don’t think you could slip in a piece of paper in any joint. 1 down 3 more to go.

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[capncarl]

@#$&*

[LCHIEN]

Nice...