Post by promhandicam on Sept 28, 2008 20:01:28 GMT
As promised here are some pics of the finished article. The client wants them to place in boardrooms or meeting rooms to keep their stationary neat. They've had a prototype made in perspex but now want something with a more natural finish.
This is my first time to use American Black Walnut and although nice to work with not as Black as I would have hoped for. If I get the contract - the client wants 60 - I might be forced to stain the wood to get it to match the colour of the tables that it will go on.
The hardest thing I found was making the dividers. They are made them from 6mm ABW veneered mdf and I lipped them with a piece of 7mm x 4mm solid ABW planned and sanded down to 6mm x 4mm. The problem was that the veneer is so thin that I rubbed through it in a couple of places. If I get the job, then I might try using a trimmer cutter in the router mounted in the table to clean up the lipping unless anyone has any other suggestions.
The box joints were made using the trend cdj300 jig with the 8mm box joint template. I found out the hard way that the guide bush is 0.2mm smaller than the slots in the jig and so you have to be very careful to only push the router down one side of each slot otherwise the slots are too big and the pins too small. If my maths is right, I guess that 7.9mm cutter would overcome this.
Any comments / advice would be appreciated.
Steve
This is my first time to use American Black Walnut and although nice to work with not as Black as I would have hoped for. If I get the contract - the client wants 60 - I might be forced to stain the wood to get it to match the colour of the tables that it will go on.
The hardest thing I found was making the dividers. They are made them from 6mm ABW veneered mdf and I lipped them with a piece of 7mm x 4mm solid ABW planned and sanded down to 6mm x 4mm. The problem was that the veneer is so thin that I rubbed through it in a couple of places. If I get the job, then I might try using a trimmer cutter in the router mounted in the table to clean up the lipping unless anyone has any other suggestions.
The box joints were made using the trend cdj300 jig with the 8mm box joint template. I found out the hard way that the guide bush is 0.2mm smaller than the slots in the jig and so you have to be very careful to only push the router down one side of each slot otherwise the slots are too big and the pins too small. If my maths is right, I guess that 7.9mm cutter would overcome this.
Any comments / advice would be appreciated.
Steve
