a little Stickley for the little wife (pics)

[C Scott McDonald]

Well done, I will agree with the others on the color is perfect. Nice hand craftmanship.

[Walt Caza]

Hello again fellow Creekers,
I want to thank all for the kind words. I can claim to be no craftsman,
but I can claim to be teaching myself as hard as I can... (shrugs)

If were to build a larger table, I would definitely consider aprons,
but for that little tabouret I stuck with Stickley's design.
The real table is far less squat than the pics portray.

Yes Art, good eye, the top is a full 17/16" thick. It is a crying shame to
waste money and QSW oak, but to get that Craftsman look, I had to
sacrifice 5/4" oak to the thickness planer. It should prove more stable over
the next century as well. Even if the glue fails, the mechanical connections
of pegged tenons and doveys should endure... (3/4" top seemed a compromise)

As for colour, I am surprised by the positive response...
I made 22 colour samples on white oak, and ended up wifey selected
one of the original four, which were the corner cut-offs from the top blank.
You can see it lower right and arched...
Colour is dodgey due to the camera, shop lights and all our moniters are set differently.
Now if I can just recall my blended oil stain recipe!
Thanks,
Walt

[Mike Cutler]

Nice work Walt. The Taboret is a faithful reproduction. Nice size and proportions. The finish is excellent.

22 individual stain samples. Wow! You definitley have some perseverance.

Seriously though. Very well done. You should be very proud of it.

[Jim Becker]

The pleased looking customer is the most important part, but that's one fine table! Nice work!

[Keith Beck]

Walt,

Very nice job! I made the same table as a "honey-do" requirement.


The legs on your table look very nice. I think if I had to do mine over again, I would have done something to get rid of the flat-sawn grain on the side faces of the legs. I'm not crazy about that look.

Keith

[Walt Caza]

Hey Keith,
In revisiting this old thread, I see you were unhappy with the 2 flat sawn sides on your tabouret legs.
It just occurred to me why my legs did not suffer the same fate.
I just recalled... that I purchased a bit of 8/4" RIFT sawn white oak for those legs. Just barely enough too.
I dug through the pile for that board, because I was trying to build my first
solid wood project as good as I could...
and also, I hoped it would turn out 'Creek-worthy'.
I hoped to avoid plain sawn cathedrals, which would be conspicuous.

Thought I would share it, as an afterthought.
My wife's little table has survived the seasons well so far.(built August 2007)
The bottom stretcher half-laps do seem to open up gaps a little bit in dry winter.
Everytime the front door is opened, it gets an icy blast. (mail drop table)

I think watching our projects and how they fare over time and seasons,
is an important aspect of woodworking.
Only years of such experience can give us that 'bigger picture'.
Hope you get some shop time,
Walt

[Mikail Khan]

I think this post is really a stealth gloat.

Congrats

MK

[scott spencer]

The table looks great Walt, but it seems to me that it gets upstaged by your wife! You're very wise to keep her happy. Nice work!

[John Thompson]

I didn't catch this way back when Walt... but very nicely done and I also love the color. Clever little trick using the rift sawn to avoid the two sided fleck effect. I would do the same in this case with that size table to not distract attention for the table top.

Regards...

Sarge..