Sofa Table

I think I speak for all the LJ’s in congratulating you for putting the paint brush down on this one.

I highly recommend that you choose from one of these following options: 1) Start attending some PA (Painters Anonymous) meetings. They will help you understand that you are powerless over paint, and your finishes have become unmanageable. Or 2) Whenever you feel like painting bare wood, think of Nancy Reagan and JUST SAY NO.

Good luck, and God bless. :-)

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

haha
ok… for the record!!!!!—- the only paint on wood I’ve ever done is the Snowman who would have looked really funny left dark brown. Now, I have put paint on paint that was on wood (I had spent hours taking the paint off our banister and when my Mom moved in, one of the first things she did was to paint it …. I just couldn’t think of going to the de-painting again and so I did paint over the paint…. I confess.)

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

oh.. and by finish, I mean some poly or something… not paint….. I see where my words could have been misinterpreted…

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Now didn’t your mom ever tell you that once your reputation gets damaged it’s hard to repair? LOL!

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

that is true….. oh the tragedy of it all…..

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Congrats Deb. you’re my hero. Geterdone. thats my motto. You just went ahead and did it, by cracky I like your style. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

ah gee, Mike.. you are too kind.
It would be a whole lot easier, though, if I knew what I was doing!! :)

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

But Debbie, How do you know what you are doing without doing. Then you know and can use that in the future.

” Woo hoo baby. I love my DowelMax. I remember sweating over the building of the table the first time.. ”

See one you’ve done it you know what your doing.

Can you ride a bicycle? Do you need to be trained each time. (I’m really making an assumption here, that you do)

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

well… the DowelMax I have down pat… but I’m sure that for most things I do there are a lot of much easier ways to do them!

Reminds me of an interview with Bill Cosby I saw once… in high school, he wrote a math exam and took 4 pages to figure out a problem (and got the right answer). The teacher: 100 years ago, we’d consider that brilliant … but today, there is an equation that you can use and get it done in just a couple steps.. ...if only you’d paid attention in class and remembered the equation.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Hi Ms. Debbie,

It dosen’t matter which road you take as long as you end up in the same spot. (unless it’s a race).

Nice job.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Unpainted pine and painted walnut. It can only be that you have reached some elevated stage of woodworking enlightenment that none of the rest of us can even begin to understand. ;-)

Great stuff as always sensei (low bow).

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

Looks nice and very functionable. Weren’t we just discussing not long ago how you can’t have enough horizontal surfaces? You go Debbie!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

that’s true Lee… it’s about the journey, not the destination. And I’m very pleased with my journey with that table.

Chip.. I’ll slowly let you in on my wisdom :)

Thanks Miles .. and isn’t it cool that the height is perfect for that couch—the junk on it . I mean the treasures on it are showed off beautifully, not too high and not too low. AND it’s the exact length of the couch.. Karma!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)