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A teacher friend of mine had some red oak in her garage that a neighbor of hers gave her some ten years ago. It was probably older but I have no evidence. It had discolored badly do we ran it through my 13inch planer and took off about 1/16inch from each face. The final thickness was about 11/16inch. Made the wood look real nice. She wanted a multipurpose coffee table so this is where a picture is worth a thousand words. We stained it with a red mahogany stain that she had and I used a semi-gloss Varathane polyurethane oil based for the finish. The drawers are full extension measuring a full 26inches from front to back. Using solid wood really adds to the final weight. Used breadboard ends to help prevent cupping. The only plywood was 3/4inch Baltic birch for the bottom and the center divider. 1/2inch Baltic was used for the for the drawers sides. In the third picture you jocks can meet Nick, my new shop dog.
-- bobdurnell, Santa Ana California.
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oldskoolmodder
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posted 374 days ago
That’s a really nice piece there Bob. I’d love to have that much oak to make something nice like this, so I could save all the black walnut for ME.
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Greg Wurst
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posted 374 days ago
Wow, that must weigh a ton being solid oak! Nice work!
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CharlieM1958
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posted 374 days ago
Looks great!
Have you trained Nick to sweep up yet? :-)
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jim1953
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posted 373 days ago
Nice table Well done
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woodworm
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posted 373 days ago
Nicely built table with generous drawers.
Great!
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stanley_clifton
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posted 373 days ago
Looks superb. I like it that wood has been recycled. The stain has really brought out that grain. A piece of furniture to last for ever. I was just working with a small quantity of red oak: you have to like sharpening tools don’t you?
-- Stanley generally struggling
Grumpy
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posted 373 days ago
Great design & finish Bob.
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