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Between the moving into the new shop, having to do all the business cr^p, get all the utilities hooked up, work on the Church cabinets, get all the tools in a semi-respectable place, my router died, so I had to order a new one which arrived yesterday and broke as soon as I took it out of the box… deadline is tomorrow and I don’t have the time to put the stretchers on the table, and finish doweling it…
This is my entry. I don’t expect to win but at least I’ll get a year of Popular Woodworking.
And as soon as the part for my router shows up I can add to this. Maybe David will have mercy on me and let me send him the completely finished piece. (I would really love having it in the greatest woodworking magazine I’ve ever seen.)
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27 comments so far
mot
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posted 893 days ago
Omitting the self deprecating review of your table, I have to say, it’s a really nice entry and a really nice interpretation of the design. It’s supposed to have other parts? Jeez, it sure looks good to me. Thanks for sharing!
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Obi
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posted 893 days ago
Thanks Mot, it’s will eventually have stretchers and a bottom shelf and about 40 more dowels in it. I just ran out of time.
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rentman
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posted 893 days ago
what kind of wood is it obi,nice job
-- Phil, Chattanooga,TN
Obi
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posted 893 days ago
Hickory and my Hunnerd Dollar Board (Walnut)
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schroeder
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posted 893 days ago
Obi – Looks Great!, I had no idea Hickory & Walnut looked so good together!
(don’t forget to add “challenge01” to your tag)
Schroeder
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Don
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posted 893 days ago
Obi, Mate, this is a fine entry. No need to make apologies – I’d love to have a table like this. The Hickory is a beaut timber – haven’t seen it in Ozz.
Nice work.
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Greg3G
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posted 893 days ago
Looks great to me the way it is Obi. I like the grain pattern on the top. It adds to the “flavor” of the piece. I was unsure of how I would like it when you first described you choice of woods weeks ago. Now, I feel like that Life commercial ” he likes, he really liikes it.” Good work man! (great kiss up to the PW guy by the way ;) Be sure and take pictures of the new shop and share when things settle down a bit. I can only imangine your frustration with it all. Take care and watch out for splinters.
-- Greg - Charles Town, WV
Obi
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posted 893 days ago
Here's a look at the shop. Go to the bottom for the most recent pictures
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Karson
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posted 893 days ago
Obi: Great table. I love the Hickory and Walnut. The sawmill was cutting hickory the other day. I guess I’ll have to have him save me some.
Congratulations on finishing.
Karson
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Sawhorse
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posted 893 days ago
Mighty fine table thar Obi….nice combo with the Hickory and the Walnut…
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Bob Babcock
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posted 893 days ago
Nice wood choice…nothing wrong with this at all Obi…I’d be happy to wipe on a finish and call it done. Love the top grain.
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Obi
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posted 893 days ago
Well I still have a few hours til deadline… I’m in the shop doweling, glueing sanding, and might even have enough time to throw a finish on it
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WayneC
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posted 893 days ago
Great table Obi. Especially given the move and new shop.
-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov
Obi
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posted 893 days ago
Still doweling and gluing for the deadline tomorrow
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Roger Strautman
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posted 893 days ago
Obi, I love the tops grain patterns. It’s really nice to see a light color wood which you can see the grain so well. Good luck!
-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"
Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 893 days ago
That Hickory is sure beautiful. I think everyone that enters this challenge are winners. We wouldn’t have had these nice tables.
It’s nice just as is Obi. Good Luck !!
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MsDebbieP
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posted 892 days ago
it’s BEAUTIFUL !!!!
Who needs a little shelf, anyway!
Well done Obi – especially with the move and your technical difficulties thrown in.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
roundabout22
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posted 892 days ago
It looks good Obi, if I hadn’t read the description I would have thought you were finished.
-- remember always measure once and cut twice
Bill
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posted 892 days ago
Way to go Obi. A nice table as is. The woods have a nice contrast, and the lines are sleek without the extra stretchers.
-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com
CharlieM1958
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posted 892 days ago
Yeah…looks just fine to me right now!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
oscorner
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posted 892 days ago
Your $100 board looks good, Obi. I’m glad you were able to make an entry with all the work you had. ;^)
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scottb
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posted 892 days ago
Very nice entry. You can keep off the cloud lifts. I like it.
Way to use up that Hunnerd Dollar board on a free magazine subscription… my board was free… oh wait, but all those hours and hours weren’t. ;) Nevermind.
What a great challenge you and Karson got started!
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Obi
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posted 892 days ago
I think Imma take the top off of it and remove the aprons and redo it… ( I really messed up one of the aprons, but I can fix it)
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fred
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posted 890 days ago
It looks beautiful as is. Great job.
-- Fred Childs, Pasadena, CA - - - Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.
jockmike2
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posted 888 days ago
very nice hunnerd dollar board table. Out to be worth a hunnerd and fiddy dollars by now. jockmike
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Obi
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posted 888 days ago
Well, I made a few mistakes so I cut the top off, shortened the legs and started on a Thorsen Greene & Greene coffee table, and used some more of the ol’ hunnerd dollar board to fix this table to what I want it to look like…pictures to follow
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handyman_pk
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posted 522 days ago
little different table, I like its simple design
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