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Steve Wargo
12-27-2005, 2:55 PM
Here's a piece that I just kind of finished up. I built the base as a demo for a class last week teaching Biscuit, Dowel, and Mortise and Tenon Joinery. The base has been dyed black, and then coated with 5 coats of black dyed laquer, followed by ebony paste wax. All of the light maple has been bleached 3 times and is really quite white. The table is Pretty clean, and required a good bit of hand work on the top. The curly maple is 1/8" veneer that was hammer veneered. This is really only a demo piece, but it turned out pretty cool. Sorry for the washed out pictures. Thanks for looking.

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John Timberlake
12-27-2005, 7:14 PM
Steve,

Great job!. I like the pattern on the top with the nice curly maple. Good design. Will look forward to seeing it in person.
Alan Turner
12-27-2005, 7:39 PM
Nice job, as always. I am sure it is not true, but the legs seem to be tapered on the outsides as well. Just the camera angle I would guess.
Steve Wargo
12-27-2005, 9:34 PM
The legs are only tapered on two faces (the inside). The camera shots are poor, but the overall perception is there. FWIW I did the entire base, minus the bleached beads, in about 2 hours. I was amazed how much more sturdy the dowel joints, and Mortise and tenon joints were than the #20 Biscuits. While I'd always known that biscuits were not strong and not the right way to do joinery of this nature, it was the first time I'd actually done a comparison. Kind of cool.
John Stevens
12-28-2005, 12:01 PM
I was amazed how much more sturdy the dowel joints, and Mortise and tenon joints were than the #20 Biscuits. While I'd always known that biscuits were not strong and not the right way to do joinery of this nature, it was the first time I'd actually done a comparison.

I'm pretty new to woodworking, and this looks like a good opportunity for me to learn, if you don't mind fielding a couple of questions. What was the comparison you did?
Jim Becker
12-28-2005, 2:13 PM
Excellent work, as usual, Steve!
Larry Klaaren
12-30-2005, 8:58 PM
Nice job Steve!

I'm making a similar table right now. It's a little bit of a challenge, you did well.

Thanks for the post.

Larry