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As Karson said on Freds post, just a few days left, so I figured I better get mine entered. This is going to be used as a bedside table, so I made it a little taller than the original and added a drawer. since it has to fit in with furniture already in the room I changed the look a little and used pine and cedar.

My mortise and tennon skills are somewhat lacking, so I put the table together using pocket hole screws. The cedar came from my dad’s stash, that I mentioned in a blog. It is finished with boiled linseed oil and then covered with wipe on poly.

While I don’t expect to win, I did have a lot of fun working on it. It didn’t take a whole lot of actual work time to do. I just had to find the time to work on it.

-- remember always measure once and cut twice


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dennis mitchell

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posted 556 days ago

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Paul

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posted 556 days ago

Nice variation! I like it.

-- Paul, Texas

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Bill

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posted 556 days ago

I like the contrast between the pine and the cedar. And the drawer is a nice touch too. Good job Dale.

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

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David

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posted 556 days ago

I like the contrast!

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MsDebbieP

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posted 556 days ago

great table!! Love the different woods together.
(I keep forgetting that this is a “competition”... it has been such a pleasure to watch everyone’s tables unfold).

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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WayneC

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posted 556 days ago

I also like the heartwood/sapwood combo on the legs. Very nice table.

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

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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posted 556 days ago

I like it, You can build some nice furniture with Pine. I also like the contrast.
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

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Sawhorse

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posted 556 days ago

Very nice, the top almost has a butcher block look to it, and the contrast is beautiful.

-- Sawhorse - Sulphur Springs, TX - www.sawhorseworkshop.com

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roundabout22

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posted 556 days ago

Thank you for the positive comments everyone.

Debbie, you are completely right. It’s amazing seeing all the variations that can come from one simple table, and being told to put your spin on it, like Scotts slate top.

Good luck to everyone who enters, everyone has put together great things.

-- remember always measure once and cut twice

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Karson

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posted 556 days ago

Debbie Not a competition, But a “Woodworking Challenge” I wanted everyone to enter not do say who won, but to show their ideas. This is the artist and the construction in each of us. Picasso would paint something different from Michelangelo. That not to say that one is right and the other is wrong. It’s just to say that they see things differently, and have the talents to show us the difference.

We are now seeing everyones different sights and talents.

Great job and congratulations on the completion.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Bill

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posted 556 days ago

And congratulations to Karson for setting this all up with Martin and Popular Woodworking.

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

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Karson

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posted 556 days ago

Thanks Bill.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Bob Babcock

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posted 556 days ago

Very nice…..I think you already won! Great job to all the participants…

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

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jockmike2

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posted 556 days ago

Beautiful table Roundabout and welcome to LJs, Yes that is an unusual difference in material and you have put it together in a unique way. Good Luck. very nice. jockmike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

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mot

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posted 556 days ago

I really like the contrast. Nice job!

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

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barbs

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posted 555 days ago

Very nice Dale.

-- BarbS, Wenatchee WA

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fred

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posted 555 days ago

Beautiful job, Dale. I like the cedar.

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

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Bill

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posted 555 days ago

And I bet it smelled nice too while you were building it.

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

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roundabout22

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posted 555 days ago

Bill, it was a great smell. I enjoyed getting the hand plane out for this piece (I could even put up with the dust created by the sander just to have that nice smell).

-- remember always measure once and cut twice

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scottb

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posted 555 days ago

Like running a marathon, anyone who finishes is a winner… for to win such a contest is a matter of opinion. Some artists win best of show at a craft/art show one year, and don’t even place the following… whim whim whim.

Great job… no shame in useing those “little threaded metal dowels”. Many, many do, beginners and “big names” alike.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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schroeder

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posted 554 days ago

another stunning table! – we should all get together and publish tese things ourselves – I really like the contrasting woods you used! looks great!

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

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Obi

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posted 554 days ago

The competition is absolutely fierce

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

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cconway

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posted 554 days ago

The contrast is amazing! Nice job.

-- Charlie, Connecticut

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MsDebbieP

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posted 554 days ago

sure would make a nice page layout in a woodworking magazine—all 30 + tables on one page surrounding the original version…

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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roundabout22

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posted 554 days ago

That sounds like a good idea to me Debbie.

-- remember always measure once and cut twice

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Obi

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posted 554 days ago

In fact Debbie, an entire issue dedicated to it.

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

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roundabout22

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posted 554 days ago

SWMBO said to me yesterday, “you know that looks really good.” Translation “why don’t you make another one so we can have a matched set.” I guess I’ll start getting things together. Now that Schools out, and I’m only working part time this summer I might actually have a little time to work on some projects

-- remember always measure once and cut twice

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Obi

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posted 554 days ago

It’s gonna be hard pressed to compete with the Morrison-Thorsen Table Company. Karson and his crew are turning them out like hotcakse… and they’re all beautiful tables.

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

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MsDebbieP

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posted 548 days ago

Dale—sounds like you are very good at translating :)

Obi—yah… the “set” really showed a lot of talent and variations as well as a super “group entry”

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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PanamaJack

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posted 546 days ago

Great job roundabout. I like the contrast in woods. Lamanated top is really cool.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

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oscorner

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posted 543 days ago

I agree. Very nice.

-- Jesus is Lord!

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daltxguy

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posted 449 days ago

That really is one nice looking table! Well done.

-- Steve, New Zealand, www.steveracz.com

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