My first project

Hey Larry
Fantastic first table. It looks great. I really like the tile.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com

First project, huh?

I wish my first 10 would have turned out this nice!

Great work! Tight joints! Great treatment on the leg edges!

WOW! Having made a table recently that did not look this good, I am extremely impressed that this is your first project. You did a great job on getting the pine to look nice. I will have to try that finish combo on the pine utility cart that I just built.

-- A bad craftsmen blames his cheap #$%ing tools

Very well done.
Thanks for sharing with us and welcome to Lumberjocks community.

-- My woodwork blog : http://www.isetehtud.pri.ee/blog/

It looks great,good work.welcome to Lumberjocks community,a place where we can to watch the work of wood masters.

-- Héctor-----Me rio yo del de bricomania ( es un programa que dan en españa)

Thanks fellas. I was nervous posting for the first time. Anywhere, ever!

JoeinD,
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-- Larry , Colorado www.coloradorecordcrates.com

Great looking table and workmanship!

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

Nice hall table.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

I think it is a fantasitic first table!

My only two critiques would be material choice (and you have already discovered for yourself the limitations of pine), and I personally would prefer a little less overhang on the sides.

I really like the overall design concept.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Nicely done! Beautiful…

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Don’t belittle your work or the wood you use! Some of the prettiest projects come out of the cheapest wood through the skill of the woodworker! Nice job Larry.

-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.

It looks very nice! Especially for a first project! :) My first project was a walnut box that I use as a step stool in MY kitchen…. Its not even in the same league! Good work.

-- Adventure? Heh! Excitement? Heh! A Woodworker craves not these things!

Great job on your first table it looks great.

First off. Let me say Welcome to this great community. I am sure you will enjoy it as much as the rest of us do. Second, What an awesome first project. Very nice!

-- Allison, Northeastern Ca. Remember, Amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic!

way better then most pine finishes i’ve seen.. (both here and in my shop) great looking table.. i would have added stretchers or maybe a lower shelf.. but the open look works.

one great thing about this site… 1st project or a master woodworker.. each of us has something to add and something to show off.. again great project

-- It's not a sickness, i can stop buying tools anytime.

Nice job! Looks really nice with the tile,

-- Joe-Carver, MN

VERY nice, if this is a first project, I look forward to seeing whats next !!!

-- Don S.E. OK

First I would like to say… there is no such thing is cheating. The only thing that matters is the end results and whether or you enjoyed the process of making the piece and enjoy the end results.

Second, I love this table. At first glance, i thought the tile was wood. Like a cross section from a trunk or something. I was freaking out! Never the less, it is still a beautiful table. Enjoy it. You did awesome.

-- Mateo

THANKS everybody! I am very proud of it. I read P.W. articles and sites like this for a year or so, it seems, before trying anything. The kind words and encourgement have installed some needed confidence. If you think you can do it, you can! I said that, I think?

Mateo: The tile guy said it was mined in South America. It took my wife & I two hours of this mans time (on a weekend) to buy two pieces of tile. If ever in the Denver area stop by A World of Tile.

-- Larry , Colorado www.coloradorecordcrates.com

Top notch! You obviously have a talent that has made its way to the surface. I’ve had innumerable problems with splotchy pine but you did a great job balancing the color.

Keep it up!

-- Behind the Bark is a lot of Heartwood----Charles, Centennial, CO

welcome !
ive worked with ” pro’s ” that coudnt do this good ,
something about ” iv’e been doing it this way for years , and they keep paying me for it ” ( poor fools )
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keep an open mind , follow the wood !

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart