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The Figura Bar

Project by Thos. Angle posted 305 days ago 662 views 1 time favorited 26 comments Add to Favorites Watch

It took us two years but the client and I finally got together on this one. She wanted a small bar with a top. The bar is 60 inches long and 40 inches high. It could only be 18 inches wide because of the the pool table. Red Oak was the wood of choice and simplicity the order of the day. The corners are mitered and biscuited. The top is 4/4 with a shop-built bar rail. The panels are 1/4 Oak ply. When I drew it in sketch up, I added the dentil molding around the top and then added it to the bar. The lock is to keep the teenagers out of the booze. All hardware is from Woodcraft. There is a shelf inside.

She also wanted a small corner bistro table to match. The table is pie shaped so I glued up wedges of 4/4 to make the top. It was planned to screw the table to a wall stud from the beginning. The way it is designed it is a little prone to tipping forward. When Carleen shot the photo I then saw the sawdust on top. OOPS!!

The finish which the client chose was Dark Walnut Danish Oil topped with oil base polyurethane. I put 6 coats on the bar top and the little corner table top and three on the rest. Topped it off with Min-wax furniture wax and a good polishing.

Sorry the photos aren’t up to par, but oh, well…......

-- Thos. Angle


26 comments so far

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Bob #2

3035 posts in 914 days


posted 305 days ago

Nice work Thom.
I’m not real fussy about the tippy table but your execution is, as always, excellent.
It’s surprising what you can put into a small space when you put you mind to it.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

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CharlieM1958

7608 posts in 1111 days


posted 305 days ago

Beautiful bar, Thomas! Is the client going to put a mirror in there?

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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Peter O

1016 posts in 767 days


posted 305 days ago

Very nice, Thos! Looks great! I’m really starting to appreciate how a wax finish just glows. What kind of lights did you use? Are they going to hang a mirror or art behind it? I like the little table. It’s amazing how a camera will pick up sawdust that you don’t see otherwise.

Kids are resourceful – they better hide those keys! I did a wine cabinet with the magnetic child safety locks once … the kids were trying to figure out the secret before I had even left the house.

-- http://www.north40custom.com -- http://north40studios.etsy.com --

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Thos. Angle

4013 posts in 855 days


posted 305 days ago

The mirror is in the frame. it just shows the wall color from the side wall. I forgot to mention the lights. they’re those little round black things you get at Lowes’s??? Three of ‘em.

-- Thos. Angle

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guitarmaker

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posted 305 days ago

Very pretty oak, some of it looks like it’s quater-sawn? Beautiful work.

-- half the fun of playing a guitar is building it first

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shack

98 posts in 968 days


posted 305 days ago

Very nice , I bet she loves it , the finish looks great.

-- JohnShackleford,North Carolina

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jockmike2

7299 posts in 1139 days


posted 305 days ago

Beautiful job Thos. Love that wood. The grain just pops. Did you make the dentil molding? Way cool. Just cool all around. I’d like to make something like it, I think I can.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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Douglas Bordner

3421 posts in 957 days


posted 305 days ago

New commission…whoo-hoo!
Looks good Tom. As for keeping the kids out of the hooch
I’m sure it’s an escalating arms race of security vs. counter security. I wish those parents well, but my money is on the kids.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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Thos. Angle

4013 posts in 855 days


posted 305 days ago

Mike, I made the dentil molding. The wood just came out of a unit at Lumber Products. It is just flat sawn but some of it, of course, comes out Quarter sawn.

-- Thos. Angle

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Larry

27 posts in 306 days


posted 305 days ago

Beautiful pieces love the finish, bet the client is very pleased

-- Larry, North Carolina, http://scrollsawgalaxy.blogspot.com/

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SCOTSMAN

2238 posts in 478 days


posted 305 days ago

this is a particularly nice piece i would welcome it in my home.Not too dark or fussy light and well designed Alistair

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

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mrtrim

1698 posts in 773 days


posted 305 days ago

very nice work as always thos. i might be just slightly disappointed theres no leather on it tho !! lol great job

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dennis mitchell

3789 posts in 1207 days


posted 305 days ago

Looking Good. Glad to see you are at least a little busy.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

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Les Hastings

953 posts in 666 days


posted 305 days ago

Really nice Tom, glad to your getting some things to do. Its starting to hit us now too.

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

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ND2ELK

6155 posts in 667 days


posted 305 days ago

Hi Thomas

Really love your cabinet! I always liked panel sides. Another beautiful piece by one of the master craftsman. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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Grumpy

14914 posts in 744 days


posted 305 days ago

Great job Tom. Maybe I will get a spurt on and finish the bar I have half built.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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TomK

503 posts in 767 days


posted 305 days ago

Great design for a compact bar. And terrific execution.

-- If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free! PJ O'Rourke

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trifern

7894 posts in 660 days


posted 304 days ago

Simple…yet elegant. Great build and thanks for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

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modestmouser

42 posts in 440 days


posted 304 days ago

That’s a really beautiful piece! Good job!

Now I must know…. Why did you name it “The Figura Bar?”

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Dennis Zongker

1014 posts in 485 days


posted 304 days ago

Very Nice! One of the upper hutch stiles has some beautiful Curly Oak in it. Great job.

-- Dennis Zongker

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Davesfunwoodworking

259 posts in 768 days


posted 304 days ago

Another fine job. I like the Red Oak it turned out very nice.

-- Davesfunwoodworking

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Thos. Angle

4013 posts in 855 days


posted 304 days ago

Thank you, one and all. You are my heroes!!!

-- Thos. Angle

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Rob Drown

324 posts in 726 days


posted 302 days ago

Very nice. You scaled it well, it looks “balanced”. Really nice finish.

-- Sharp tools and thin whispy shavings make woodworking a joy.

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Karson

25792 posts in 1293 days


posted 302 days ago

Thos> The hutch looks great a very nice job. I’m glad that the customer and you were able to finally get together.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Lee A. Jesberger

3710 posts in 872 days


posted 301 days ago

Hi Thomas;

I don’t know how I missed this.

Great job, and some beautiful oak.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

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woodworm

8183 posts in 483 days


posted 259 days ago

How could I overlooked this beautiful project. A nice feature of this site, we have dice roll over.
Great job Thos!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

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