Media Conference Table Creation - Part 4

This is part four of the creation of a new conference table for the Media Studio, made of formosan koa.

This is the end of one of the timber with the recess cut for the copper plate.

To cut the recesses all identically, we used a router and a template guide and a template (right).

Here Jnanideva is carefully sanding the ends of the timbers after the recesses have been cut.

Then Acharya Kumarnathaswami uses a fine cutting spokeshave to apply a scallop to each edge, using about ten strokes for each. Then each scallop is burnished.

Another look at the scalloping process. It took many hours to do 216 scallops.

Here jig guides a chisel to cut a small bevel on each corner

Card scrapers and a large scraper plane are handy for removing wood on this knarly grained wood.

A small repair to a corner.

With Arinien\

s help, Aditya is using a Festool Domino 500 machine to cut mortises in each piece for loose tenons.'

The glue-ups continue

Clamping.

Good team work.

Using the cabinet scraper to true up faces for joining.

A close of of the scraper plane.

A good day\

s work.'

Arinien has set up a station to cut the copper plates for the recesses, an exacting process.

Yajatadeva joined the team for a few days this phase.

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