Kyle Stubbins
PRO Member
Hi all;
I've been designing a table base for a client that wants to cover a well (42" in diameter) with a large oak barrel looking table. I'll attach the project.
I bought 65 board feet of 8/4 oak. So when I was designing, I tried to figure out the best way to cut up the wood for efficiency and to get the overall look I was after. I ended up with 90 segments (staves) to give me and edge length of 1-3/4", so I cut the 8/4 on edge into 3/4" strips. That gives me 2" wide strips, which I cut 42" long. I have 90 pieces like this.
The plan, if you look at the project files, is to create 4 staved rings to give it a "barrel shape". The darker rings (marked as African Blackwood, but they will be oak as well. It's just for visual reference.) are there simply so the staves don't align. They will be covered with steel rings (like a barrel), which will hide those seems and give the appearance of a single stave, top to bottom. That's why I cut 42" lengths. Each length will be marked and cut into 4 pieces, which I'll have to keep track of so the grain matches down the entire stave.
It won't end up on a lathe, but the plan is to hand (tool assisted) carve it into a more round, barrel-like shape.
So, where I'm at, and my question is, how to I cut a sub 1 degree miter angle on a stave? I need to cut 0.12, 0.25 and 0.37 degree miters (the 0.37 isn't as important as these are the spacer rings... I could play with the design on those to reduce pieces, etc. and get the miter angle above 1). My digital angle gauge is only a single digit after the decimal. I never really gave it a lot of thought while I was designing, I figured I'd work it out later. I really hope I don't end up regretting that with $1000 with of oak cut up.
If you have any suggestions, I'd really appreciate it! ;-)
Kyle
I've been designing a table base for a client that wants to cover a well (42" in diameter) with a large oak barrel looking table. I'll attach the project.
I bought 65 board feet of 8/4 oak. So when I was designing, I tried to figure out the best way to cut up the wood for efficiency and to get the overall look I was after. I ended up with 90 segments (staves) to give me and edge length of 1-3/4", so I cut the 8/4 on edge into 3/4" strips. That gives me 2" wide strips, which I cut 42" long. I have 90 pieces like this.
The plan, if you look at the project files, is to create 4 staved rings to give it a "barrel shape". The darker rings (marked as African Blackwood, but they will be oak as well. It's just for visual reference.) are there simply so the staves don't align. They will be covered with steel rings (like a barrel), which will hide those seems and give the appearance of a single stave, top to bottom. That's why I cut 42" lengths. Each length will be marked and cut into 4 pieces, which I'll have to keep track of so the grain matches down the entire stave.
It won't end up on a lathe, but the plan is to hand (tool assisted) carve it into a more round, barrel-like shape.
So, where I'm at, and my question is, how to I cut a sub 1 degree miter angle on a stave? I need to cut 0.12, 0.25 and 0.37 degree miters (the 0.37 isn't as important as these are the spacer rings... I could play with the design on those to reduce pieces, etc. and get the miter angle above 1). My digital angle gauge is only a single digit after the decimal. I never really gave it a lot of thought while I was designing, I figured I'd work it out later. I really hope I don't end up regretting that with $1000 with of oak cut up.
If you have any suggestions, I'd really appreciate it! ;-)
Kyle