May 22nd – While I didn’t make it to glue up, I got pretty close.
Upper right of the photo in my antique jointer which actually works - after hours of coaxing it back from the “machine dead”. It is now part of the machine “un-dead” but just barely.
I didn’t like the idea of mitering the frame and wanted to do bridle joints, but with the uprights being over 3” wide, lap joints seem more appropriate – stronger too. I have done these on the router table many times, but nothing matches a tenoning jig for speed and clean cuts (lower left). With the end of the lap pre-cut, the jig pop out nice little ¼” thick cards of walnut. I have no clue what to do with these.
Next comes routing the belly board for fit and doing the glue up. The dark squares are electrical tape to help decide how and were to put the pins though the lap joints. Once together, I’ll drill some square holes and pound through some pins to lock the joints. This may take some time though, locally pool season has opened, and Cobo Wabo is 25% cheaper than last year . . . .
