Project Number two - Side table 1 & 2 - NEW PICTURES
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woodbloke
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Paul - you may well be able to get hold of a decent wax in one of the sheds. However if you have a half-decent old fashioned iron mongers in your neck of the woods, or a good quality furniture shop in town, I think that would be a better place to look than B&Q...just don't get anything with silicone in it - Rob
OK so I've let this thread slip for a while as work has been really busy, the old work life balance has definately been out of kilter. Anyway, I've actually now built a second table, so here are some pictures :
more wood :
thicknessed
put the top together, and decided that bank balance didn't have enough red in it, so bought a new toy :
then put together the sides, and sanded the lot :
new clamps to make sure everything is true :
just to prove that I did need to buy those extra clamps :
so tonight i brought the second table into the house to stain it, and to give the top of the first table another coat (it needed it). Here, they are, the one in the back being the newest table :
What's different between the two ? Experience :
a. Second one has much better use of grain direction (I spent more time checking that cathedral grain was in the right places)
b. No biscuits used, decided it was as easy to do without and saved me an hour or two in the build (for no detriment as far as I can see)
c. All the angles are spot on (because of more clamps this time and the angle guides).
d. Used the metabo sander with bosch 240 grit paper and then hermes 400 grit, which sanded and polished a lot better than my old quarter sheet sander. Have to say the Metabo was worth every penny, would highly recommend it, actually polished the unit so it was reflecting light
So a great learning experience, next project is a fire surround (see Design forum for the thread)
hope you like the tables.
more wood :
thicknessed
put the top together, and decided that bank balance didn't have enough red in it, so bought a new toy :
then put together the sides, and sanded the lot :
new clamps to make sure everything is true :
just to prove that I did need to buy those extra clamps :
so tonight i brought the second table into the house to stain it, and to give the top of the first table another coat (it needed it). Here, they are, the one in the back being the newest table :
What's different between the two ? Experience :
a. Second one has much better use of grain direction (I spent more time checking that cathedral grain was in the right places)
b. No biscuits used, decided it was as easy to do without and saved me an hour or two in the build (for no detriment as far as I can see)
c. All the angles are spot on (because of more clamps this time and the angle guides).
d. Used the metabo sander with bosch 240 grit paper and then hermes 400 grit, which sanded and polished a lot better than my old quarter sheet sander. Have to say the Metabo was worth every penny, would highly recommend it, actually polished the unit so it was reflecting light
So a great learning experience, next project is a fire surround (see Design forum for the thread)
hope you like the tables.
OPJ
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Thanks for sharing these pictures, Paul.
I didn't realise you were making two of them but they do look good (I can't see any big gaps or anything! :wink
and the Osmo oil appears to have done you proud.
You're right about the second table, you can see it 'shining' in the photo!
I didn't realise you were making two of them but they do look good (I can't see any big gaps or anything! :wink
and the Osmo oil appears to have done you proud.You're right about the second table, you can see it 'shining' in the photo!
