Harvest Table continued

Today's photos show the assembled harvest table rule joint in 3 different positions - leaf down, leaf half way up and leaf up. Proper routing of the joint and positioning of the hinges is necessary so that the finished joint is perfectly tight when the leaf is up but does not bind as the leaf is raised and lowered. Notice that as the leaf is lowered the leaf begins to move away from the edge of the table and when it is down there is good clearance between the leaf and the table edge.

Table leaf down. Good clearance between leaf and table edge:







Table leaf half way up. Clearance between leaf and table edge is decreasing:

Table leaf up. The closed joint is tight:

Mission bookcase

Today's photo is of a custom sized mission bookcase we are making. This bookcase is 72"h x 52"w x 12"d. Because the bookcase is so wide the shelves are a full 1" thick rather than the usual 3/4" so that they don't sag. The top and bottom shelves are fixed. There will be 5 adjustable shelves. There is a cutout in the back of the bottom shelf to allow for a heating vent on the wall that the bookcase will be placed against.

Rule joint

Today's photo is of the rule joint of the two harvest tables I'm working on. This joint is simple enough when you get it right but the first time I made a harvest table I found I had problems with it binding as it closed. I know rout the joint and place the hinges in such a way that the joint is tight when it is closed but gets more clearance as it opens. This prevents binding but still gives a tight joint.

I'll post photos of the open and closed joint once I get the leaves attached to the tops.

Too much to do - Photo of the day

Who has time to keep up with all of this web 2.0 social media stuff - facebook, twitter, blogs - not to mention just keeping a website up to date? As you can see from the how infrequently I post to this blog I certainly don't have much time to spare.

I recently read an article online - can't remember where - that talked about how businesses haven't yet really figured out how to take advantage of Facebook and Twitter yet. The article went on to say that the most popular use of Facebook in particular was sharing photos. This got me thinking. If people really just want to look at photos maybe that's what I should be posting. So I've decided to post a "photo of the day" . We'll see if I can at least keep up with that. I'll probably post here and on Facebook.

Today's photo is of a harvest table base being glued together. I'm making two 7' 10" long harvest tables. You can just see the end of the second table in the upper left of the photo.