Stickley style kitchen table

Turned out pretty good? Wow! You have an impressive capacity to understate! This is an awesome table. That finish just pops!

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

Excellent work Dale – I really appreciate the design and the size looks wonderful!!!

Keep up the great work!

-- -- Skee from MN

Beautiful table!

-- Jesus is Lord!

Beautiful workmanship. The top is soooo glossy, I had to do a dboule-take to figure out the picture above was reflecting on the top.

Gary

-- Gary, Florida

Wow! I love it!

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

nice work

-- Phil, Chattanooga,TN

The finish is amazing what did you use?

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

Hello and Thanks!
I used Trans Tint Medium Brown Dye mixed with water, 2 coats of Bolied Linseed Oil, 4 coats of Behlens Rockhard Table Top Varnish on the under carriage and 7 coats on the table top – I reduced the varnish by 40% to allow for easy flow. I sanded with 220 grit between coats.

-- Dale, Pittsburgh PA

Dale, Great looking table, I noticed the legs though, would you give us a description on how you made them? Are they solid core or hollow? An amateur wants to know.

Thanks

-- Dan in Central Oklahoma, Able to turn good wood into saw dust in the blink of an eye!

Wow…no…double Wow!

That finish just went into the notebook. Beautiful.

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

Ahh the legs….I couldn’t justify the cost of buying 4”x4” solid maple stock, so I glued up 5 maple boards that were 3/4 thick x 3” wide to make the core of the leg then I ran them through the jointer on one side and then ran the other side through the planer to square them up. After that I glued a 3/4” x 4” board on each side of the core to cover all of the edges of the core. When the legs were assembled I planed them to 3 1/2” square on the planed and jointer. It was messy during the glue up and I think I used 24 clamps on each leg!

-- Dale, Pittsburgh PA

very nice…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Beautiful table. I love the wood and the finish. Nice Job!

-- Greg Mitchell--Lowell, AR--gdamitchell@sbcglobal.net

Wonderful work Dale. Looks like this could be an heirloom project like Mark was talking about.

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

Wood Joinery – Let’s get technical – but without glues, metal nails, screws or other mechanical fasteners! Yes, this is the “WOOD JOINERY” challenge for all you LumberJocks out there. Let’s see what you are made of – or rather what your woodworking project is made of. If you can build it with screws, you can build it without. Pure and Simple: Envision it, build it, enter it. Note that entries in this category should have at least one joint and NO glue or mechanical fasteners should be used to create the joint(s).

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

What are you getting at, Obi?

Beautiful table, Dale.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

wow. A work of art.
Wonderful craftsmanship.
Bravo

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

Obi – We are each entitled to our interpretation of the rules – I assume that is what you are getting at. The close up of the joints that you see has NO GLUE. The through tennon is a snug fit and NO GLUE. The spindles are another very tight fit with NO GLUE.

While I did use glue to laminate the legs together, there is no real joinery involved in that and I wanted to submit my table on the basis of the earlier mentioned joints. If you feel this is unfair or unjustified I would have no problem removing my project(s) from the contest and therefore the site.

Good day.

-- Dale, Pittsburgh PA

It did indeed turn out well – and I love the choice of timber.

-- cheers, Claire (in Oz!)

Dale, My apologies… I saw the glue process of the legs, and misunderstood it. As long as the joinery has no glue, then it’s a 10. Excellent job.

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

Hi Dale;
—-I guess that when I see glue used, I see a ‘wood joint’ that is in need of a fastener....

Now what I am getting at, is that by your own words;”while I did use glue to laminate the legs together, there is no real joinery involved in that....” Correct me if I am wrong, but as I stated yesterday on LumberJocks Woodworking Awards Summer 2007, “To my way of understanding ‘wood joinery’ and correct me if I’m wrong, when laminating one piece of wood to another….this is also called a ‘face joint’….”

”Note that entries in this category should have at least one joint and NO glue or mechanical fasteners should be used to create the joint(s).”

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank

-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/

A beautiful table Dale, it may not be following the rules, but let the voters decide.

They’ll be the judge of things, & let you know if you’re wrong.

That’s one way of possibly settling the dispute.

-- -** 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

Great job on the table and the finish is super.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

My Favorite style of table! Great job!

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

Great looking table

-- jeanmarc manosque france

Echoing what Gary said above, I was trying to figure out what that feature was along the edge, until I realized that it was a reflection from the picture hanging over it – a truly superb finish.

Nice looking kitchen table!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Very nice!

great table

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