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My first attempt at building something strictly with hand tools. I don’t have a good hand saw yet, but I do have a good mortising chisel (LN). It’s a little off square – I think one of my mortises is slightly angled. My wife wants a couple of similar tables for the downstairs den so I thought this would be a good prototype/trial run. It’s made out of cedar for the outdoors and I’m leaving it unfinished to naturally grey.
The work in progress photos are in my blog. If anyone has any suggestions on how to improve it I’d really appreciate it. I’m thinking of adding a shelf for the den tables. I’m also thinking of making them out of walnut and maple to get the same ‘dark legs, light top’ look to it.
-- Mike Guilbault, Penetanguishene, Ontario
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#1 posted 957 days ago
That’s one handsome table Mike. Came out very nice.
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#2 posted 957 days ago
Great looking table, be hard to improve on that style. Maybe smaller legs for an inside table but that’s a matter of taste.
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#3 posted 957 days ago
Actually, I was thinking the same thing. I also wanted to use walnut or cherry for the legs (and maple for the top), but I don’t think I can get that around here in that thickness. Bass Lake Sawmill only has 8/4 listed for walnut or cherry.
-- Mike Guilbault, Penetanguishene, Ontario
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#4 posted 957 days ago
That’s a nice patio table. It matches the patio very well.
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#5 posted 957 days ago
It’s very elegant and clean!
You can always laminate a couple of pieces of walnut together to get your thickness.
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#6 posted 957 days ago
I was wondering about that Brandon… I may end up going that way.
Thanks for the comments everyone!
-- Mike Guilbault, Penetanguishene, Ontario
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