To make the top of the table I had to select two sections of the beech I'd salvaged to edge join into a large panel. The grain structure of the different pieces would have to be taken into consideration, and I would have to cope with not having any long clamps or pinch dogs.
First I edge jointed with my wooden try plane. This plane doesn't have the world's flattest bottom, so I was a bit concerned about this procedure, but this concern proved unfounded, the edges lined up perfectly.
To glue up the panel I improvised this solution using scrap pieces and my twin screw bench vise. I could have rigged something with wedges, but this worked pretty well.
To cut the panel down to size I took it back out into the living room and used my saw bench. Once it was down to size I could take it back into the workshop closet and plane the top and bottom and shoot the edges.
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