Thorsen table challenge - tease! #3: INSTALLMENT #2

I like the process pictures much more than the finished project. It give me more of a respect for all that goes into something that will finally look perfect. Good work!

Thanks, Mark. I was hoping that it would help others and at the same time it gives me a history of it, so I can go back and see where I need to make changes on any future table project.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Are those some Harbor Freight clamps that I see?

Nice going OS.
It looks like table top is 5/4 , or is that an illusion? Good Luck !!!

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Great going OS.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

I like watching the process too Os… thanks for doing it this way. I know you said before that the tabletop is 3/4 but I agree with Dick that it still looks like 4/4 or 5/4. Are you using a special lens or anything? Either way, wonderful work! Thanks.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt!

My camera makes everything look bigger than it is when I take a close up. It’s 3/4” thick, not 5/4.

Iclashley, those are Harbor Freight clamps. I got a beer budget with champagne taste! I spent all my money on building the shop and the WoodMaster planer/molder/sander. Maybe I’ll be able to sell some projects and upgrade or buy more of them in the future.

-- Jesus is Lord!

My wife wonders what is so exciting about a horizontal boring machine… and while I appreciate the work in progress… she’ll just have to take my word for it. At least she can appreciate the beauty of the end result!

I’m starting to feel like I’ll be left at the starting line, trying to pin on my race number (drink some more gatorade, pretend to stretch) while everyone else is done!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Van Gogh -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

That means you just invented a board thickener. LOL

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I really enjoy your progress photos. I do this all the time and I love watching someone else’s progress? I think it looks like you are shooting for a book or magazine article. Nice progress in the table.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com

My clamp collection is much the same. The table looks great so far.

A magazine article! ;^) I’m sure someone else will be more worthy of such an honor. I’m really looking forward to a years subscription for free!

I guess a horizontal boring machine is more exciting if you do a lot of doweling because as can be seen in the photo, I’m able to put the whole table on the table and use the table height adjustment to position the placement of the hole. On a drill press the adjustment would be less.

A board thickener. That would be nice, especially with cherry! LOL.

Scott, just put the screwdrivers down and put some of that creativity into a table and you’ll put my little table to shame. I’m looking forward to all the great tables that are waiting to be made by all of the LumberJocks.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Well presented. Looks like we will have lots of great entries!

I too love watching the process!!!
For lots of different reasons!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thanks Os… I’ll put the small projects down, just as soon as I bump into the board that most wants to be a table. I thought I found it, but it was fickle… Debbies came pretty close to one of the pictures in my minds eye, a little taller, but similar in rusticity.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Van Gogh -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/