My son's new hall table I made for him

its looking great…how many coats of varnish ??

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Alistair, you have made a very nice table. The flamed mahogany top looks brilliant and the walnut inserts add to the beauty of the table. Any reason for connecting only two legs lengthwise at the bottom? What are the dimentions of the table?
Sharad

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Sharad the table is twelve inches by one and a quarter inches by forty five I didn’t like the idea of another rail as I tried to keep the project as light as possible and I felt that another spar would be too much regards and as always I particularly like your comments on my work kindest regards to you Alistair

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Napaman just one coat iof varnish and a coat before that of sanding sealer I will varnish it again maybe twice.regards Alistair

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Alistair, I really like it, especially the walnut inserts. Best regards. Larry

-- Growing older but not up!

Nice work Alistair. I’m working on a hall/sofa table for middle Brother for Xmas that is very much along the lines of your dimensions, but with a “live edge” for the top.

-- Respect your shop tools and they will respect you - Ric

Nice proportions. How did you do the walnut inlays?

-- Don, Pittsburgh

Alistair,
What is not to like about this table? The wood choices work well together, the finish looks great, and the workmanship looks great.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

Don the walnut inlays are done in the following fashion. First mark out where you want them very carefully then make a centre mark.Then select a forstner bit of appropriate size drill all the holes to a depth of about a quarter of an inch making sure you do this in a drill stand .Then turn some walnut on the lathe to crtical size this must just fit the holes and not much more too slack and the glue shows then cut off each piece .I use a japanese saw by hand then glue and fit them.Next day cut of the excess by running the piece carefully through the bench saw till the little excess pieces fall off and sand to finish. thankls again for your kind support incidently not shown is the sides which have two inlays as well but not the back.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Absolutely gorgeous, you old Scotsman. Beautiful in design and finish. Great idea with the walnut.

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Nice job !!Im sure your son will cherish it!!!

-- Scott NM,http://www.shangrilawoodworks.com

Very nice!

I like the detail at the tops of the legs.

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A very nice , and well proportioned design.

Being a hall table, not having a stretcher in the front is good thinking.

People won’t be bumping into it in a narrow hallway.

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thanks friends for the kind messages of support many thanks kindest regards Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Hey Scotsman…....I guess the simple things sometime escape us! A Forstner bit is of course the way to go. Always willing to complicate things I was envisioning a complicated router setup. Thanks for the info. Best wishes.

-- Don, Pittsburgh

Alistair, your work is beautiful. I’m sure your son will be very proud of this piece and this piece will be around for generations to come.

-- Rusty

Many thanks guys for your encouraging response to my work it makes me want to move forward.Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

Beautiful table! I especially like your joinery techniques. The Black Walnut gives that extra flair of uniqueness. I’m sure your son will cherish this piece for many years.

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