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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
Bob #2
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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
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CharlieM1958
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posted 305 days ago
Beautiful bar, Thomas! Is the client going to put a mirror in there?
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Peter O
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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.
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Thos. Angle
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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
guitarmaker
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posted 305 days ago
Very pretty oak, some of it looks like it’s quater-sawn? Beautiful work.
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shack
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Very nice , I bet she loves it , the finish looks great.
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jockmike2
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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.
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Douglas Bordner
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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.
Thos. Angle
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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
Larry
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Beautiful pieces love the finish, bet the client is very pleased
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SCOTSMAN
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this is a particularly nice piece i would welcome it in my home.Not too dark or fussy light and well designed Alistair
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mrtrim
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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
dennis mitchell
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Looking Good. Glad to see you are at least a little busy.
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Les Hastings
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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!)
ND2ELK
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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
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Grumpy
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posted 305 days ago
Great job Tom. Maybe I will get a spurt on and finish the bar I have half built.
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TomK
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Great design for a compact bar. And terrific execution.
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trifern
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Simple…yet elegant. Great build and thanks for sharing.
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modestmouser
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posted 304 days ago
That’s a really beautiful piece! Good job!
Now I must know…. Why did you name it “The Figura Bar?”
Dennis Zongker
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posted 304 days ago
Very Nice! One of the upper hutch stiles has some beautiful Curly Oak in it. Great job.
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Davesfunwoodworking
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posted 304 days ago
Another fine job. I like the Red Oak it turned out very nice.
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Thos. Angle
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Thank you, one and all. You are my heroes!!!
-- Thos. Angle
Rob Drown
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posted 302 days ago
Very nice. You scaled it well, it looks “balanced”. Really nice finish.
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Karson
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Thos> The hutch looks great a very nice job. I’m glad that the customer and you were able to finally get together.
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Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 301 days ago
Hi Thomas;
I don’t know how I missed this.
Great job, and some beautiful oak.
Lee
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woodworm
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How could I overlooked this beautiful project. A nice feature of this site, we have dice roll over.
Great job Thos!
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