Table Progress
I have finally managed to get back to making the table after a few other jobs were ticked off my list.
I spent the extended bank holiday weekend shaping the base after gluing in the fumed oak plugs and started on making the top.
The top section is built up a bit like a segmented bowl in woodturning. Angled sections( in this case 16 of them) are joined together to from one layer and the another layer is glued on top. This is repeated and eventually shaped through. In the case of my table the mid layer is formed of fumed oak sandwiched between two pieces of ripple sycamore. When shaped through the fumed oak will be partially revealed to add a detail that ties in with the base of the table.
My basic fuming setup: a sealed bag, some ammonia in an old bottle, and a flat base so you can move it around.
Sycamore - Oak - Sycamore end-grain shaving.
I do a lot of work using shooting boards. I tend to make new ones from scrap pieces of MDF as I need them. The quality of the board material isn't critical, only the accuracy and a good quality shooting plane. This Lie Nielson plane was expensive but I feel it was well worth the investment.
View of the top of the table with the first layer of ripple sycamore resting in place, now for the next two layers..............Back to the shooting board.