Two rustic 3-leg tables

[Paul Saffold]

A neander build except for using the bandsaw to freehand cut the circular tops. First is of s.yellow pine leftovers from my workbench build, with 8 sided legs. Top is about 1 1/4" thick. Finished with 2 coats of milk paint followed with 3 coats of Waterlox sealer/finish. Both are a first for me. Supposedly the Waterlox will lose a bit of it's shine after a month or so. I hope so. Then I plan to wax it with wax tinted with a little brown shoe polish unless I hear from someone that it isn't such a good idea.

2nd verse same song except I used w oak, round legs and no finish - it's going out on the deck. Another first for me was success with a #80 scraper. I bought it new a lot of years ago but never spent any time properly sharpening it. So I went from making dust to actual shavings. It took care of the wicked tearout I was getting at some of the swirly grain. I made a mistake by using 5 minute epoxy when gluing up the top. I got a little failure at the glue line either when I hammered the legs into the top, or, less likely, when I hammered in the wedges. Time will tell if it ends up in the firewood pile.

Any how they were a fun build. A few (maybe too many) pictures. Comments and suggestions welcome. Thanks for looking. Paul

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A freshly sharpened bit and test holes.
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[Paul Saffold]

More pictures.
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[Joe Fabbri]

They look nice, Paul. I bet it was enjoyable working on the new bench.

Thanks for sharing.

Joe

[David Myers]

Very nice; thanks for posting.

My experience with white oak has been similar. I finally purchased the LV cabinet scraper and it did a great job.

And I'd vote for a dutchman before the burn pile if that line opens up.

[Jim Koepke]

Great use for some of the left overs.

jtk

[Chris Griggs]

Nice work Paul. the tables look great! Seems like it was a lot of fun and a great learning experience.

[Paul Saffold]

Thanks for the comments, guys. David that's a good idea for the dutchman, plus a new skill to learn. Yes, this was a fun, no pressure learning experience.

[Paul Saffold]

Update 5-8-2012

The 5 minute epoxy didn’t work very well. I suspect the temperature and moisture swings from being outside on the deck in the sun and rain caused the epoxy to fail.
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The joints in the off-cut from the original glue-up are still tight. I’m glad I saved it as it worked great as a caul when I reglued the joint.
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I cut the butterflies from white oak planed to ½”.
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I used my Veritas Miniature Router Plane to level the bottom of the mortise. It worked fine taking thin shavings.


I ripped through the glue line but the boards fell apart about 1 ½” from the end.
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I reglued with Titebond III, planed and scraped it flush and got a cat scan from my helpers.

It looks like I need more practice with inlays, they are a bit gappy.
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