Thorsen Side Table Challenge01

Great table Neil. I like the handle.

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Very nice, it looks like you added a drawer. It was fun wasn’t it. Good Luck!

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Great Job Neil. Congratulations on finishing.

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Nice…. you stretched this one a bit…, though it looks perfectly proportional.

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Neil -

Awesome! Great looking table.

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Clean lines! Awesome table!

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There’s something to be said about sticking to the basics – this is a nice simple interpretation, Neil. It’s amazing just how varied each table has been.

Nice work.

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Excellent rendition…

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nice,are you going to show the work on you podcast neil?

-- Phil, Chattanooga,TN

Great job.

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this is such a sweet table. Makes me want to hug it!! :D
Well done

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Great looking table, what kinds of wood did you use? Looks almost like mahogany and walnut.

-- Rick - Spring, TX

Great table and interpretation. Aren’t making pegs fun?

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Thank you all for the kind words. The positive attitude of this forum is so attractive to me….GREAT!!!!

Scottb has mentioed changing the dimensions, so I put together of quick sketch of the dimensions. My intent was to treat the side table as a nightstand. Here are some further changes I would make. It’s still a bit small for (our habbits) as a nightstand, so I’d work the length and depth again slightly, this would also increase the depth of the lower rail (or shelf). I’d also change the thickness of the interior drawer stock and make the exposed end grain 9/16 or 5/8. I think the 3/4 is a bit to much. Hope this info helps.

Rentman asked about podcast….......well that was the intent but I got so far behind in my work that the time wasn’t there to film, as it was; fumes were pretty heavy when I took the photograph. Maybe down the rode, I’m not sure what the interest would be outside of the Challenge. Thanks for asking though.

Rickin Texas ask about wood selection. I’m not really sure of the exact species, it’s from wood that I had on hand, I’m going to assume it’s Sapelle because that’s all the wood supplier I use, carry’s. And Broadly stated….it’s in the mahogany family. The legs are definitely darker but not as dark as they appear. I think that’s my fast photography. It’s kinda like the top appearing to be 2 toned, that’s just grain direction and the light bounce back. Those colors are the same.

Again, I had alot of fun with this build, but for me It’s more the positive comradery that I like…...THANKS….......Neil

how lond did it take you to make?

-- Phil, Chattanooga,TN

Hi Phil:

Hard to say how long it took….........I had the design sketched and the front view full scale for a while but nothing cut. Based on the tooling of whatelse I was building, I threw the table into the machining mix, then had 3 uninterrupted late nights…....I wasn’t watching the clock as much as I was watching the deadline. Couldn’t even guess the hours, the issue was the pegs. Unexpected amount of time spent there. When I realized this, I made adjustments to the deadline and for instance only have 1 peg in the base shelf, 2 rather than 3 pegs in the beadboard ends. Also, when lengthening the piece, I fealt I could get away with less depth in the cloud lifts, so I put in a 1/2” diameter straight bit in my router table and basically just ran the part to the depth I wanted with the router bit. BIG Time saver. When I say I had fun building this piece part of the fun was working my tooling against the clock. To be honest, that is a stength of my skill-set. Also, I do not have a bevel or rabbet run in the corners of my legs…..put a 1/4” bead in my laminate trimmer and basically busted all the corners….. speed approach that provided a nice soft look.

Hope that answers your time question,....worked my tooling hard to meet the deadline…....Neil

PS….......looked at your profile, I like your desire to build !!!very talented!!!

Good job Neil, you finished number one and you did one heck of a job. Looks great. jockmike

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Neil, I don’t know how I missed it. This is a great table and your time and effort was well spent.

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Congratulations to the winner, this was a fun contest to be in.

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Woodworking art, furnitologist. Congrats!

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Congrats indeed :)
A beautiful table.

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Congratulations Neil A great table and great job.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Neil, this is a great looking table. Please tell me you shot video of you building this table for your podcast?

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Congrats on the win Neil!

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