Mike Schmalzer
07-28-2008, 12:58 PM
In our recent move from Tucson to Portland we had a few casualties of war, Namely our coffee table and end table. What better chance to break in the new shop and make some sawdust.
The legs are just your standard hard maple, the rails are some really quilted maple, and the tops are western walnut. Much harder to find than the eastern variety but very much worth it.
The tops have a couple coats of "walnut" danish oil followed by 6 so so coats of Waterlox. I wanted to darken the tops a bit to create a little more contrast. The bases were finished the same as the tops just with a regular danish oil.
Oh and we decided to have the tops float off the surface of the base about 1/4".
Enjoy.
The legs are just your standard hard maple, the rails are some really quilted maple, and the tops are western walnut. Much harder to find than the eastern variety but very much worth it.
The tops have a couple coats of "walnut" danish oil followed by 6 so so coats of Waterlox. I wanted to darken the tops a bit to create a little more contrast. The bases were finished the same as the tops just with a regular danish oil.
Oh and we decided to have the tops float off the surface of the base about 1/4".
Enjoy.