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Thats a Simpson tie bracket not a great gadget but a good but a good idea on how to fix an age old problem... If I wasnt so tiered I could tell you the part number I grew up managing Hardware stores and building houses..

I can think of a few good spots for that part on some tables.


Craig
 
OTLB said:
when trimming facings a bent blade will leave the edge up and avoid the "chopped look" of being cut down at an angle. The top side of the blade is just the right thickness IMO that when coupled with the feather strip is an easy way to see if the cloth will be held in tight. If you can pull the blade and feather strip out easily the cloth may be an issue later.


The Bracket is a profile gauge. You can copy any profile from any table with it. Bend as needed and now you have a template. Make a bracket for each rail and now you have a bevel history. On the top side you can use it as a defined protractor to copy pocket angles. I think you get the idea. Make a bracket for every kind of table you work on. Then with a digital protractor you can see anything you want. It also is good for a few other things.

Well I guess noone wants to add any of their things so I will stop adding.
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Ever heard of an angle finder...and adjustable protractor?:grin:
 
This might fit into this section. We got called to help move this 9' antique National. Apparently it was one of 4 that used to be in the Dayton Engineers Club back in the day. I've heard from a few different sources that the tables were oringally owned/played on by the Wright Brothers.

Anyway, 1-1/2" 9' slate plus backing is pretty heavy, and since the motorized stair climber isn't out yet... ;) ...we had to modify one of ours. We took some 2" angle iron and bolted it to the back rails of the dolly. Made a 2-1/4" channel for the slate to sit in.

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Strapped those bad boys in one at a time...

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Prayed a little...

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Then muscled them on up the stairs. Wheel out to van. Unstrap. Load. Rinse and repeat. Same process into the basement in the other house. Unload a slate, stand it up, strap it in, then slowly lower it down one step at a time. It wasn't by any means fun, but the table is done and looks gorgeous in its new home.
 
Nice, I have used a similar home design in the past. Wheel it right thru any doorway. I have seen one like it online somwhere lately
 
For flushing up the surfaces of sub-rail extensions a file wrapped in sandpaper works the best.
 

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