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I built this sofa table as a Christmas present for my mother. It is made of quartersawn white oak and finished with a tung oil wiping varnish. The overall appearance was originally inspired by a Greene & Greene style park bench I found in a book and simply redesigned into a table.
I had just bought a Powermatic 701 mortiser so this table is done entirely with mortise and tenon joinery. I cut the tenons using a bandsaw and size them to fit with a shoulder plane.
It was also my first ever attempt at doing breadboard ends on a table top.
The glue up used every clamp I had, proving you can never have too many!
-- - Scott "handplane"
12 comments so far
DAN
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posted 753 days ago
nice job … nice grain balance and selection
-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever
Douglas Bordner
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posted 753 days ago
This rocks! Welcome to Lumberjocks. If you had come aboard a few months back during the Thorsten table challenge who knows what would have happened. You’re gonna like it here.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
bryano
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posted 753 days ago
Wow this is a beautiful table. Nice job on the cloud lifts.
-- bryano
TomFran
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posted 752 days ago
Very beautiful work! Gorgeous piece.
-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28
cckeele
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posted 752 days ago
Very nice design. The finish came out very well too.
-- All donations should be made out to me and in the form of wood or tools ~Chris
Brad_Nailor
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posted 752 days ago
Very nice..it’s the details that stand out on a piece like that..and great wood selection and finish. Well done
-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"
Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 751 days ago
This is such a great table! I just love it.
-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com
Karson
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posted 751 days ago
A nice table. If you want the plans for the Thorsen table Challenge we had send me a message at my e-mail and give me your real e-mail address so I can forward it to you.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
Max
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posted 751 days ago
Great table, gota love that quarter sawn white oak.
-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT
Dadoo
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posted 750 days ago
Oh yeahhh!
-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!
Dorje
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posted 750 days ago
Lotsa fleck there! nice job selecting the leg faces and the arranging the boards for the top…
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
jeanmarc
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posted 487 days ago
this is a beautiful table
-- jeanmarc manosque france