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-love willow? And what about the finishing touches: will it be some leatherwork, or perhaps giving a try at the chipcarving? Or perhaps it will have some woodburning done to it, giving it that extra something?
Too many options and not enough skill!!
One thing I know for sure - the final table (or plant stand) will be RUSTIC.
Days remaining to figure it out and to create it: 70
... 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 would be a very short table!!
And so here I sit, brainstorming back-up plans. I hope it doesn't take much longer. The countdown isn't waiting for me and my legs.
and as I hit the "post" button an idea is painted in my mind's eye. It might just work!! Maybe… maybe not, but at least it's an idea and where there's one idea there are more!!! Come on brain - get painting more images for me to see.
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 of choice).
Rick and I "handpicked" a log from our firewood (translation: we went out in the cold weather and grabbed a log that looked like it would fit on the little ripper and ran back inside where it was warm).
Photo 2: First Cut
Rick then ran the log through the little ripper to give me some pieces of board to work with.
Photo 3: Table Top
I glued three pieces of board together to form the main part of the table top and then glued to pieces of end cuts to the sides, in order to 1) make it look like the Thorsen Table and 2) to give it that rustic look that I want to achieve.
Photo 4: Aprons
(that's what they are called, right?) I used the rough cut ends again for the aprons, keeping it to that rustic look.
I'm now waiting to figure out how to do the legs so I can put the top together….
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: check
4 Aprons: check
Legs: in the making (hopefully)
Shelf: still to be envisioned.
Learning Curve: humongous.
Did you take my legs. I was wondering what happened to them. Good luck…I'll go get some of Franks, he'll never miss them.
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