Hi guys,
We are finally done with the frames. This has got to be the biggest project we've tackled since we got started with woodworking late last year from design to finish. This is for hubby's cousin's wedding tomorrow and they wanted us to make an Asian inspired frame to hang their banquet menu. The only problem for us was the fact that they will have 21 tables .
I handcut all the bamboo with a Japanese pull saw since we still don't have a miter saw. The bases are made out of ash and routed with a roman ogee. Epoxy was our friend (thanks for all your suggestions from my last post) and we used it to glue the bamboo to the base.
Base was finished with one coat of velvit oil and 5 coats of poly (I was paranoid since cousin wanted to leave it on the tables for the guests to see and I didnt' want sauce/water to get to the base). Also added some little felt feet to elevate it a little bit.
The cross bars were nailed in with panel nails (heads were clipped off). I also epoxied the cross bars since they kept popping off.
Cousin tied the beautiful ribbons...he is pretty crafty we came to discover .
For those of you interested, it looks like tomorrow's meal will be 10 courses .
It was definitely a lot of work since we only had about 3 weekends so we pulled a lot of late nighters but I also had a lot of fun.