Kirk (KC) Constable
07-16-2005, 3:42 PM
I was gonna wait until I got it in the house, but then I realized I'd have to clean up and move furniture...so here is the finished table. Top isn't attached to the base yet, but it's sitting on there pretty close to where it belongs. It's hard to get a good angle that doesn't make the top look way too big for the base...but it looks not so bad in person. :o More commentary at the bottom of the pics...
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/dining4.jpg
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/dining3.jpg
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/dining5.jpg
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/dining6.jpg
Finished height is just shy of 30". Top is right at 1-3/16 thick, 40" x 66". If I were doing it over, I'd go down to 38" at least, and maybe 36" and cut the overhang. This one sits 8" over the base at the sides, and 14" at the ends, and past the end of the support 'wings' by 1-1/2" all around.
If I were doing it again, I'd make a longer tenon on the 'shelf' and put a wedge though it...as much for looks as anything else. This one is screwed though the tenon from the bottom side of the rail.
As I mentioned in the earlier post of the finished base , I probably should've put the long aprons through the legs (and extended out), and attached the cross wings to them. This works okay I guess, but it still looks a bit awkward to me, and it makes finishing a lot tougher. :(
The 'end caps' on the top are biscuited and glued solid to the main panel. The movement with mesquite is insignificant, so I can get away with this. I don't like 'true' breadboard ends...but I like the look sometimes...and it's easier to find clean mesquite 60" long than 66".
Whole thing is 'stained' with WATCO natural, and topped with Sherwood pre-cat, dull rubbed effect. I cleaned up the bee boo-boos this morning and shot a final coat. What you see is about an hour after spraying, and after I've hit it quite heavily with 0000 steel wool, followed by a 'rubdown' with an old Tshirt. I find it muuuuch easier to use the steel wool before the lacquer 'sets up' hard, and it's easier to control the scraches. It's shiny now, but in the morning it'll be nice and 'flat'. In a week or so I'll use a power buffer to smooth it out and bring up a bit of luster.
I've pretty well decided I'm gonna put two chairs and two benches with this table. I think the benches will look better than chairs that won't 'park' under the sides. Not sure of the bench design, but something of an A&C/Shaker hybrid. Next week I'll start on those, and a simple sideboard to finsih the set.
I'm seldom happy with a finished piece, but I think this may be the closest I've come in awhile. :D
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/dining4.jpg
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/dining3.jpg
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/dining5.jpg
http://www.kcwoodworks.net/dining6.jpg
Finished height is just shy of 30". Top is right at 1-3/16 thick, 40" x 66". If I were doing it over, I'd go down to 38" at least, and maybe 36" and cut the overhang. This one sits 8" over the base at the sides, and 14" at the ends, and past the end of the support 'wings' by 1-1/2" all around.
If I were doing it again, I'd make a longer tenon on the 'shelf' and put a wedge though it...as much for looks as anything else. This one is screwed though the tenon from the bottom side of the rail.
As I mentioned in the earlier post of the finished base , I probably should've put the long aprons through the legs (and extended out), and attached the cross wings to them. This works okay I guess, but it still looks a bit awkward to me, and it makes finishing a lot tougher. :(
The 'end caps' on the top are biscuited and glued solid to the main panel. The movement with mesquite is insignificant, so I can get away with this. I don't like 'true' breadboard ends...but I like the look sometimes...and it's easier to find clean mesquite 60" long than 66".
Whole thing is 'stained' with WATCO natural, and topped with Sherwood pre-cat, dull rubbed effect. I cleaned up the bee boo-boos this morning and shot a final coat. What you see is about an hour after spraying, and after I've hit it quite heavily with 0000 steel wool, followed by a 'rubdown' with an old Tshirt. I find it muuuuch easier to use the steel wool before the lacquer 'sets up' hard, and it's easier to control the scraches. It's shiny now, but in the morning it'll be nice and 'flat'. In a week or so I'll use a power buffer to smooth it out and bring up a bit of luster.
I've pretty well decided I'm gonna put two chairs and two benches with this table. I think the benches will look better than chairs that won't 'park' under the sides. Not sure of the bench design, but something of an A&C/Shaker hybrid. Next week I'll start on those, and a simple sideboard to finsih the set.
I'm seldom happy with a finished piece, but I think this may be the closest I've come in awhile. :D