ksanders
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I've never liked the table in my pilothouse.
Its teak, and its not too bad, but its a fold out unit, with no edges, and we almost never fold it out, so well, I dont like it.
I had this really nice piece of Burmese Teak left over from another project so I decided I'd try to make a table today.
The board I started with was a little over 13" wide and 7/8" thick, and just over 5' long.
The table I wanted should have a surface area of about 12"X20" not counting the lip.
So, off to work I went. I used the surface planer to get the wood to 3/4" thick, The jointer to true things up, and the router table to cut the edge pieces.
The edge pieces required a little imagination, since I cant cut a groove in a curved piece. I had to notch the table top to fit the lip properly so the edge pieces don't stick out the sides and end.
The table is glued up and ready for tomorrows work, which will be to add corner pieces so the table top looks to be the same thickness in the corners.
Also I'll be adding a hidden slide out cup holder to the bottom of the ends.
Here's photos of it so far...
Its teak, and its not too bad, but its a fold out unit, with no edges, and we almost never fold it out, so well, I dont like it.
I had this really nice piece of Burmese Teak left over from another project so I decided I'd try to make a table today.
The board I started with was a little over 13" wide and 7/8" thick, and just over 5' long.
The table I wanted should have a surface area of about 12"X20" not counting the lip.
So, off to work I went. I used the surface planer to get the wood to 3/4" thick, The jointer to true things up, and the router table to cut the edge pieces.
The edge pieces required a little imagination, since I cant cut a groove in a curved piece. I had to notch the table top to fit the lip properly so the edge pieces don't stick out the sides and end.
The table is glued up and ready for tomorrows work, which will be to add corner pieces so the table top looks to be the same thickness in the corners.
Also I'll be adding a hidden slide out cup holder to the bottom of the ends.
Here's photos of it so far...