hello we got a dressing room next to bathroom and sauna and that's an area where we usually sit after sauna and have a beer or maybe some frozen strawberries. i don't have a table in there so i think i'm going to make another table project. this time a much smaller and i'm going to use this kind of wood - it's alder. that is commonly used in sauna interior
so it kinda fits in that area. and i'm gonna make it quite small ...and top of it ...the top board will be routed some figures and do some carving. and on top of that i will put glass ...and a....i'm gonna use alder, like i said but it's very warped as you can see here...it's not straight so i need to visit my friend who's got a big table planer and shave of few millimeters and see if we can make them straight again.
alright now as the planing is done, it's just a matter of choosing the best planks. ...to create a good looking surface. this is still too big. i will cut it smaller after it's glued. i'm setting these clamps here so i can start to glue the table top. alright, so the table top is cut and sanded ...and now is time to start designing what kind of carving i wanna do to it. i was thinking about some kind of beer related ...and i'm sure my wife is gonna love it.
there - i just finished tracing this picture on a charcoal paper. so the picture should be copied in this wood hmmm...umm...let's see nice now it's just a matter of carving these and... using router after i did the rough routing i'm starting to make some details ...and route these very small tiny areas.
and for that i'm gonna use power carver ...with a very small bit. alright, i just finished cutting my leg parts and they're gonna look like so and on top of the table i'm gonna put a glass panel so what i gotta do now is mark a line here so i can route 4mm deep shelve in the corner so when the glass comes on top, it will be flush
so these pieces around here will create a two color umm...design for the lower shelve. so what i'm doing is i'm marking cut marks for the miter okay, next thing, i'm gonna glue these in here to attach these parts together like so...i'm gonna use pocket hole screws. so that's why i set up my kregs pocket hole jig in here so i'm starting final assembly in here this top part will be attached by pocket hole screws
but the lower shelve support i'm gonna use wooden dowels. so next i'll drill holes for them that spike in here left a mark where i need to drill this lover shelve will have to go inside here and seems it's little bit too big...especially in the corners ...so i marked these areas i marked these areas that i need to cut away. these triangle parts i just cut
are coming in here in the corners to give extra support for the glass and also they will act as a housing for the leds to light up this miller logo so into these corner pieces i'm gonna put a 5mm hole for the led component. it's gonna come through here so here i'll have space to solder the legs and also the resistor
so now i put those two leds umm through these holes ...and umm... ...before i can connect them with the battery i have a battery holder here i'm going to run it with two 1,5v batteries ...so the total voltage will be 3v. to limit the current into aproximately... ...i think i calculated like 17ma
...for these leds i need to put one resistor for both leds these are 47ohms i will put them on the + side and the + leg is the longer one ...cut them... and a tad of solder ...so i have more space to solder these resistors ...also cut their legs
i just found these lying on floor these are the strips i cut away earlier ...and... i came up with an idea - after i put the glass in here ... i'm gonna make it look more like finished ..by installing these here on top well i really got to say that ...umm... ...wood oil really brings the wood into life
it looks much more vibrant... ...more colorful now and on purpose i didn't oil these parts because on top there first i will put the glass and then glue these in here if it's very oily, the glue won't stick. okay i got this glass panel yesterday and now is time to fit
...and see if it fits...on it's place perfect