| Project by Brad | posted 72 days ago | 622 views | 3 times favorited | 14 comments |  |
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So like so many furniture pieces I’ve built it all starts with my wife saying in a store… “Hey I like that…” then i look at the price tag quickly compute in my head what the lumber would cost and time and respond with “I’m not going to buy that I could build it for way less…”
This table is white ash. The top is 45×45x1 the legs 3×3 and it’s 29” high. For finishing I used General Finishes water based rosewood stain. It only took one rub on and wipe off to get that darkness i was pretty shocked. For the clear I used Polycrylic satin which i sprayed on 8 coats with my HVLP. A guy at my local Rockler gave me a great tip when using the water based stains. He said that alot of the color is near the top with the water based and wiping on the first coat would take some color off so shoot the first few coats of clear with an HVLP.
I didn’t build the chairs we bought those and I matched the color to the chairs which was pretty close.
Overall I was pretty happy I’d say 95% since I did find one corner where the aprons were 1/16” off from what my Sketchup model had.
- Brad
-- Great Coffee= 8oz strong coffee, 1tbsp brown sugar, 1tbsp 1/2&1/2, 1 heaping teaspoon mahoganny
14 comments so far
Splinterman
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posted 72 days ago
Hey Brad,
Sweet neat job…well done.
-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.
socalwood
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posted 71 days ago
Nice looking table ! Is the apron glued and screwed to the top all the around ?Also how did you attach the legs ?
a1Jim
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posted 71 days ago
very nice table good job
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Geedubs
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posted 71 days ago
Beautiful work. MUCH better than ‘store-bought’!
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michaelray
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posted 71 days ago
Fantastic work. Looks great. Something that will last several lifetimes.
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Beginningwoodworker
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posted 71 days ago
Beautiful kitchen table.
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TedM
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posted 71 days ago
Great job! Beautiful table!
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Wingstress
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posted 71 days ago
Great job,
I wish I owned that many clamps!
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Karson
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posted 71 days ago
Are you saying that Sketchup had a problem that is off 1/16”.
Very nice table. Great job. I hope that your wife is proud.
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747DRVR
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posted 71 days ago
I love the color
Napaman
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posted 71 days ago
this is really nice…my wife has said the same thing…but she is waiting for my skills to get there…
clearly yours are there…the whole room looks finished with the table!
-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...
Brad
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posted 71 days ago
Hey guys thanks for the comments… The aprons are have pocket holes on the back and are also glued to the bottom of the top. The legs have 45 degree chamfers on the top 3 inches where I installed hanger bolts that go through support blocks on the underside of the table and bolt on. I wanted to be able to remove the legs if we move and in case our family grows some day and I want to slice this table in half and make a leaf for it.
- Brad
-- Great Coffee= 8oz strong coffee, 1tbsp brown sugar, 1tbsp 1/2&1/2, 1 heaping teaspoon mahoganny
TopamaxSurvivor
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posted 71 days ago
Great job, I expected to see a pic of the chair build when I looked before reading ;-))
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mcoyfrog
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posted 69 days ago
Great job, very elegant
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