Final 'in progress' pics of table

[Kirk (KC) Constable]

Oiled the base up this morning. I won't bore you with any more pics until it's all sprayed. :D

http://www.kcwoodworks.net/missdin9.jpg

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[John Miliunas]

Wow! Did the grain ever pop on that! Looking great, KC!:) :cool:

[Corvin Alstot]

Beautiful work-great design.

Couple questions, what type wood did you use for the square pegs?
What kind of spray equipment are you using?
Thanks, Corvin

[Mark Singer]

Great job! Finish looks excellent!

[Gil Mitchell]

looks great KC can't wait to see it finished

[Jim Becker]

Yea, WOW...a lotta action in that there wood!! Beautiful!

[Christian Aufreiter]

WOW! That wood looks great. And the table too, of course. :)

Regards,

Christian

[Alan Turner]

Nice work in all respects.

Would you mind explaining what you did with the screws or bolts and the support bracket? If you did it already, I missed it. Thanks.

[Chris Padilla]

Yowza!! I'm so glad we have a mesquite worker on SMC who so proudly displays his works for us! :)

[Kirk (KC) Constable]

Nice work in all respects.

Would you mind explaining what you did with the screws or bolts and the support bracket? If you did it already, I missed it. Thanks.

All the wings are 'slot cut' into the mating base piece, and then a screw driven though the top piece (wing) into the lower piece (apron or end assembly). The end wing pieces are short, and are screwed into the longer side wing pieces that go across. There's a small 'extra' piece glued to the end wings at the inside...those are just for top attachment screws.

I'll start gluing up the top this morning.

[Bill Arnold]

That's a great looking table, Kirk!!!

[John Hart]

...I won't bore you with any more pics until it's all sprayed.

Yeah...don't bore us KC....Sheesh! I think you could take a hundred pictures and I wouldn't get bored with that!! It's a beauty!;)

[Sam Blasco]

Schweeeeet!

[David Wilson]

Kirk

Beautimus

[Jason Tuinstra]

KC, this is looking great. Like everyone else has noted, the grain is fantastic. This is going to be a real show piece.

[Keith Hooks]

That's gorgeous. What technique did you use to get the final surface finish? Scraping, sanding, etc?

[Doug Shepard]

Droooling here. I've got a small mesquite project on the burner. If it comes out half as good as your's looks I'm going to be a happy camper.

[John Renzetti]

hi KC, Great job on the table. The grain really comes through.
take care,
John

[Tyler Howell]

What They Said!:cool:

[Joe Unni]

Stunning!!

[Kirk (KC) Constable]

That's gorgeous. What technique did you use to get the final surface finish? Scraping, sanding, etc?

Thanks for the kind words, everybody. :)

I only use a scraper as a last resort...like when I can't get a sander to reach. Sanders are my friends. :o On mesquite table bases (and the like), I sand to 150 and call it done. I'll go over the whole thing with 0000 steel wool before I spray it. On the top, I'll sand to 220, then wet sand the WATCO with 320...and hit that with steel wool also before spraying.

I started gluing the top today, in three sections for ease of drum sanding. I learned that even though the plastic resin glue has more open time than the yellers, you still can't screw around once you start...especially when the thermometer says 97 (at noon!). :eek: Worse still, I have to turn the fan off so it doesn't blow on the glue. It was miserable.

KC

[Chris Padilla]

Kirk,

I hope a little sweat gets mixed into the glue...that way they can DNA your work in a 100 years to figure out if this was really made by THE KCC...and price it appropriately! :eek:

:D

[Steve Clardy]

Nice KC. Looks like arts and craft stlye. Super grain also.
Steve

[Pete Harbin]

Wowzers! That looks amazing!