Sapele Parson Side Table

[Travis Bochenek]

Gents! It's been a while since I posted here. I did a side table a while ago and wanted to share it. I had some 4/4 Sapele laying around and thought it could make a cool table. I had seen some parson tables that I really liked and used the general design. I had to get creative on the legs. I took the lazy approach and laminated a few layers. I figured there was enough movement in the grain, combined with dye you wouldn't really be able to see.

This is the first project where I used my Festool Domino. I have to say, I love the thing. I should have practiced a bit more because I screwed up my math on one of the legs and got the wrong depth. Luckily this is just for me and completely invisible . The only metal used is a few screws to attach the top.

I also used Arm-r-seal water based for the first time. I love how quickly it cures. Yes the finish is not a natural oil look but now a year later it looks absolutely perfect despite heavy use and a 7 & 5 year old.

Finished product




Top


Base Glue Up. Can see my Domino learning curve on the back leg. Whoops


Dry Fit before finishing

[Jim Becker]

That's a fine looking table, Travis!

[John TenEyck]

I like it a lot; well done. I've never heard of an Arm-R-Seal water based product and don't see it on GF's website. Are you sure about what you used?

John

[Yonak Hawkins]

It looks great, Travis. Good work.

[Travis Bochenek]

That's a fine looking table, Travis!

Thank you sir!!

I like it a lot; well done. I've never heard of an Arm-R-Seal water based product and don't see it on GF's website. Are you sure about what you used?

John

You're totally right. I just went and looked, it's Enduro Var. I'm really impressed with it's durability. I mean this table gets so much use and the finish hasn't budged.

It looks great, Travis. Good work.

Gracias!!

[John TenEyck]

Thanks for the follow up Travis. You are right; EnduroVar is really tough and very chemically durable.

John

[Travis Bochenek]

Thanks for the follow up Travis. You are right; EnduroVar is really tough and very chemically durable. John

Yeah I may be using this one more in the future. I have to say, this table ended up being alot trickier than I imagined. If the top went over the base, it would have been 50% easier. But with this design I had to get the spacing right with each of the cutouts. Plus the base height for all corners had to be close to damn near exact, so obviously the legs had to be exactly the same heights (thats easy), then the domino placement (or whatevewr mounting option you choose) has to be exact. The dimensions of the base crossmembers had to be exact, the thickness of the table top had to be exact and true (not that easy with only a hand plane and orbital). Anyway, you get the picture. Lessons learned for future projects :-)

[jay gill]

Travis, Very nice work.