looks like a good start. is it attached yet? :)
i forgot i had these:
enjoy.... :D
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Thanks for sharing the links. I’ll check them out.
Not attached. Slabs still need everything done. Cut the 6X6x12, notched for the X. It’s not in the middle, my geometry sucks!
So finding a solution to that bc it took all weekend just to make the base and not having it symmetrical will make me nuts! 😑
you could..... cut wood again and fill what you cut... then drill some holes for dowels... then hammer the wood into place with dowels...
then start over again and measure more accurately.
the books might have better ideas but that comes to mind off the top of my head.
i love symmetry as well. can relate.
Thoughts?? Fill won’t be a good solution. I cut half way through to fit into each other. I was wondering… adding inches to the up end of base bc that’ll be better concealed under the top
so…you’re on a roll Jen :) cool!
can you start over and just get more wood? that'd be best.
because most other solutions are time consuming and will take a lot of skill to get just right.
(this is off the top of my head) but check the book in that directory on joinery from 1905 it might have a good idea...
Thanks so much. A do over is most likely unless o go with different base altogether, maybe 4 legs. Idk, I appreciate your time and responses. 🤙
you're so welcome. Yeah after looking at it and considering, you could leave it as is, but it'd be a difficult table to sit up close to, because of the legs. it'd be better to just make something else out of the base you made, like a small square piece of wood on top, for a really pretty heavy vase or something....
:)
or just drill it together in the joint, and then spraypaint it and you have an X! just put a wooden x somewhere in your yard... "X marks the spot" :D
Yeah projects like these, we learn a lot. You'll be much happier starting over.
work in sunlight, check everything 3 or 4 times, work slowly. it'll make a big difference. most of all, enjoy what you're doing. all good things take time.