My Thorsen Table interpretation

I don’t know what would motivate the “It doesn’t compare…” comment. It’s another interpretation of the style and has very clean lines without clutter. I’m impressed. Thanks for taking the time!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Thanks for showing your table. You where brave to deviate a little from the original design. It’s a very nice design, & I’ve always liked Red Oak. Good Luck Bill !!

-- -** 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

Looks great to me!

-- Paul, Texas

ditto on all of the above!!!!
I too love the nice clean lines as well as the raised area of the top.
I also like your inspiration: what people would buy if they couldn’t afford the original. Brilliant plan.!!

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

Bill -

I like th red oak. Very nice design interpretation of the original. I am also very impressed!

-- http://foldingrule.blogspot.com

I like it. It would fit in alot of houses better than the original.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Bill: This is not a competition but a “Woodworking Challenge”. This was to see how different people would build the project from the same starting point. We all saw the pictures and the plans and then we interpret it for our use.

That was the purpose of this challenge. Get everyones views and talents making something. I was wanting someone to do a wood burning of the table. I haven’t seen it yet, but I hope that it shows up.

Congratulation on the completion. And don’t think that yours is any less than anyone else’s. This is your table. Be proud of starting and completing. There are others who didn’t want to try, and there are others that wanted to make something but paying jobs got in the way.

I hope they complete it after the challenge so we will all get to see their view of this table.

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

I agree with all the above Bill. While I understand the design significance of the Thorsen table it is a bit too complicated a look for my taste. I like your look better. I won’t have my table done in time for the competition but it has much simpler lines than the original as well. I think I may bevel the top as well now that I see yours…..:)

I will be finishing mine eventually Karson…I changed the design of the chair I’m building to match the table so I better or the boss will kill me.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

I like the mission style interpretation. I think I’m seeing an optical illusion in the third photo, it looks like one side is solid…I must be breathing too much lacquer thinner again.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Congratulations Bill, you’re already a winner. You got done and got the thing posted, and it’s beautiful, what more could you ask for? jockmike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

It’s a very nice looking table Bill! I usually don’t like red oak for it’s wild grain patterns, but this is very subdued. And I like your raised panel top. Quite classy. Good work!

-- BarbS, Wenatchee WA

Thank you all for the compliments. It was actually a good experience to build this, and I am looking forward to our next challenges. They help me in many ways, with designs, learning new skills, putting old ones to good use, etc.

Yes Dennis, it is an optical illusion. I think I had just the right angle on that picture so the spindles on the back fill in the gaps you see from those in front.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

Yes, another one who appreciates red oak. Well done, Bill.

-- Fred Childs, Pasadena, CA - - - Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

Your version of the Thorsen table came out great. My wife would like to have you make two for her.

-- WeeWilly

Yah Bill a commission.

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

That looks great Bill!,you sure don’t need to apologize for that nice table! – but if you really hate it…my wife said she’d love to have it! ;) Great job!

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

Way to go Bill… and there’s the future. Money coming in for you to play with sticks. Atta Man.

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