Pedestal Table

[Lee Brubaker]

A little change of pace from toys. My wife volunteered my workshop when a friend of hers was having difficulty shopping for a small nicknack table. Finished this for her yesterday. Thanks for looking.

Lee

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[DaveL]

Come on now Lee, you cannot just post a picture and run off. :roll:
What did you make it from and how did you finish it? :wink:

 

[Lee Brubaker]

Ok Dave: The friend wanted it to be painted black so I scrounged around in the shop & found that I had enough aspen on hand. This species takes paint very well. The top is 10-1/2" wide x 20" long & the table stands 16-3/4" high. I put all of the pieces through the thickness planer for a uniform 3/4" thick. Glued up the top using biscuits as well as the scrolls forming the pedestal. These were dowelled into the feet as well as cross pieces at the top of the scrolls. The top is attached with one dowel in each cross piece. The top is slightly curved front & back with the corners rounded using a 2" radii. The edges were rounded using a 1/4" radius round over bit both top & bottom.
Four coats of black alkyd enamel were applied to the top with a small roller & to the pedestal & feet with a brush (I hate painting ).
Hope this is clearer than mud.

Lee

 

[PowerTool]

Very nice work,Lee ; shape,style and colour work very well

Andrew

 

[DaveL]

Lee,

Thanks for the details, I like the look of the table. I have never use aspen, the finish looks good.

(I hate painting )

I hate it too, most of my stuff ends up oiled unless like this piece the request is made for a painted finish.

 

[big soft moose]

Lee,

Thanks for the details, I like the look of the table. I have never use aspen, the finish looks good.

(I hate painting )

I hate it too, most of my stuff ends up oiled unless like this piece the request is made for a painted finish.

i think aspen is one of those woods you dont see much on this side of the pond - its common in the states/canada because a lot of it grows naturally over there. I could be wrong but i think it works pretty much like birch.

nice work lee - i must admit my first thought was mdf - but it looks good regardless.

 

[Lee Brubaker]

Yo Moose:

Yes, aspen is prevailent in North America & I think also in the Scandinavian countries. Not a common wood that you can buy here because so much of it is havested for wood pulp which is a shame. Mine was salvaged from blocking used when transporting machinery from the U.S. Machining is softer than birch but is finer grained than spruce & often has color that is tan with a tinge of green.
MDF would be okay for the table however, I try to stay clear of MDF due to the excess fine dust that is generated when machining it. Very dangerous unless you have super protection against this dust because it contains adhesives which coat the lungs with a varnish type of coating, & as such is permanent damage.

Lee

 

[wizer]

Nice table, I like the colour.

I take it Aspen is a softwood?

 

[Lee Brubaker]

WiZer:

Aspen is softer than birch but harder than spruce. It machines very nicely & very good for this kind of small project. I also use it in toy making but revert to hardwood when it comes to making wheels for the toys.

Lee