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My wife wanted a plain old bar/serving table to go in our kitchen. Knowing that everyone who visited the house would be seeing this piece, I just couldn’t choose any old plain piece of lumber to use! Over the course of a year I set aside every really nice piece I would see whenever I got a batch of lumber and finally found the piece I was looking for – the perfect marbled walnut top!
I knew I wanted a to do this in a mission style, but I wanted to leave the side slats sort of “floating” so it left the table open and airy. Also, I learned a new style of dovetailing called a sunburst which I just had to try.
The carcass is made from quarter-sawn and spalted cherry – the top and bottom shelf made with some of the most wickedly patterned walnut I have ever laid eyes on. I would kill for a few dozen more board feet of this stuff!
I used five coats of Sam Maloof’s oil rub on the entire table to finish it. It is kind of pricey but WELL worth it!
It was only after I had the entire thing together and sent pictures of it to my family that my brother pointed out that I have two “Asian Warrior Mask” faces showing up clearly in the walnut of both shelves! Once you find them they stick out like a sore thumb! Here's an example of what I am talking about.
I REALLY loved working on this table as the wood was so nice and everything fit together smoothly – probably from the very anal way I went about laying everything out beforehand so as to not waste any of the wood. ;-)
-- Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. - Thomas Carlyle http://www.ffrf.org
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jm82435
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#1 posted 1228 days ago
that turned out beautifully. Love the top and I always love the look of cherry so I really like this.
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Jim Jakosh
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#2 posted 1228 days ago
That is a gorgeous table top!!!!!! Great joinery!
I’ll have a Jack and coke!
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mtkate
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#3 posted 1228 days ago
Yes, I see the masks. Amazing. Freaky looking dovetails!
Konquest
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#4 posted 1228 days ago
Awesome woods, simple and effective design. You let the wood be the statement. It is right up my alley.
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Dusty56
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#5 posted 1228 days ago
The Walnut is sooo awesome !!! Nice table : )
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Beginningwoodworker
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#6 posted 1228 days ago
Nice serving table.
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Chelios
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#7 posted 1228 days ago
Nice design choices…really like your table….What did you consider for attaching the top? how did you attach the top in the end?
CaptainSkully
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#8 posted 1227 days ago
That’s unbelievably cool! Can you post a pic of the finished dovetails?
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KnotCurser
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#9 posted 1227 days ago
To answer Chelios’ question, I used home-made metal L-Brackets with really loose holes to allow for expansion/contraction of the top. One in each corner attached to the top of each leg did just fine.
-- Man is a tool-using Animal. Nowhere do you find him without tools; without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all. - Thomas Carlyle http://www.ffrf.org
Jason
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#10 posted 1227 days ago
That looks great! Awesome dovetails.
Did your brother find the masks before or after helping himself to the bottom shelf? ;)
-- Jason - Colorado Springs
KnotCurser
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#11 posted 1227 days ago
CaptainSkully, I would be happy to – how’s this?
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzevew0f/DovetailCloseup.jpg
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woodb1
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#12 posted 1227 days ago
simply awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nice table, I love working with walnut also
clarkey
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#13 posted 850 days ago
Great job , l really like the grain on the top.
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