| Blog series by MsDebbieP | updated 971 days ago | 4 parts | 1803 reads | 124 comments total |
Part 1: where to start?
Martin asked for the progress to be blogged, so I guess I’d better start writing. step 1: the hardest part, in my opinion, is deciding what the finished project “should” look like. I’m not one for copying so, of course, it has to have a little “Debbie” in the creation. What will the “Debbie effect” look like? Will it be the old barnboards from my great-grandfather’s farm? Will it be the rough-hewn pine or will it be the newly-found-l...
Part 2: My Legs Are Bothering Me
... the “table” has sat on my workbench for over a week now, untouched. “Why”, you ask? Well, it’s my legs. That’s it. One little thing. Well, four, actually—four little things.. Well, the “little” isn’t accurate either. If it /they were “little” I wouldn’t be stuck. It’s the tallness factor that has put a roadblock in my way. I don’t have any appropriate wood that is over 12” in length. That wo...
Part 3: First stages
Martin has asked for blogs re: the big table challenge and I figured that since I am tracking the process of this “creation” I might as well follow the journey with some photos. I re-read the rules to see if I was breaking any rules by posting the progress but I didn’t see anything that indicated that this was a “no-no” .. so here is the progress! Photo 1: The Beginning The table will be mostly willow of course (Hey, Chip – here’s my addiction o...
Part 4: Shapely Legs
My legs are starting to take shape. Rick and I raided the neighbour’s wood pile, or I should say selected a piece of wood after getting permission, and I now have a piece of wood that might be used for the legs. The wood is long enough and hopefully wide enough to do the trick. Type of wood: raided .. I mean… scavenged… I mean.. it’s a piece of firewood. Table Progress:Table top: check4 Aprons: checkLegs: in the making (hopefully)Shelf: still to be envi...
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