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The Fast Food of Dining Tables

Project by Thuan posted 686 days ago 495 views 0 times favorited 16 comments Add to Favorites Watch

It suddenly hit me one day that I was not and probably will not be the great craftsman I wanted to be. So I took this thought to heart and built a dining table that would serve my wife and I. I went to the big box store, dug and found some quarter sawn pieces of oak to use as legs and aprons. Got a solid core slab door and went to work. The base consists of mortise and hunched tennons, with draw pins that doubles as dowels for the tapered legs to the adjacent aprons. The oak edge is attached with glue and exposed dowels, hand plane the bevels on the oak edges and stained the thing. The top is held in place by sliding dovetail locks that lets me easily remove the top to replace or to move. The whole thing took about 20 hours, spreaded into five days, at least five of those hours were used for finishing.

-- Thuan


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Russel

2057 posts in 831 days


posted 686 days ago

I don’t ever expect to great either, but I hope to be competent. The table looks good and demostrates craftmanship.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

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mot

4902 posts in 928 days


posted 686 days ago

I hear you Thuan. I’m a realist. I’m no Sam Maloof. Good thing I’m good at my day job. I think your table came out great though. If I remember correctly, you’re working on your hands and knees in a closet, so I’d say your skills are somewhat better than you think they are.

Cheers!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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Todd A. Clippinger

5632 posts in 991 days


posted 686 days ago

Your craftsmanship is complemented by your ability to adapt to your situation. I admire you, but I do not envy your shop situation.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

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mrtrim

1700 posts in 772 days


posted 686 days ago

i am humbled by your ability to do so well with so little . your table looks great ! keep up the good work

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MsDebbieP

14159 posts in 1053 days


posted 686 days ago

I agree with everyone!!
and Nice table.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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dustynewt

446 posts in 754 days


posted 686 days ago

Form follows function. Functional it is and the form well executed. Success, Thuan.

-- Please visit me at http://dustynewt.com

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CoolDavion

215 posts in 716 days


posted 686 days ago

I think that it turned out preaty good.

-- don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things

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GaryK

9521 posts in 880 days


posted 686 days ago

Very nice!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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rikkor

11338 posts in 766 days


posted 686 days ago

Considering what shop space you are working from it is a pretty impressive table.

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TreeBones

1559 posts in 915 days


posted 686 days ago

Looks like some top notch work to me, you should be proud.

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3 http://www.portablesawmill.biz/concrete/

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cajunpen

5970 posts in 958 days


posted 686 days ago

Thuan don’t sell yourself short. You are accomplishing very nice work with very limited resources. I think that your work is excellent and functional.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

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RobS

1243 posts in 1198 days


posted 685 days ago

Yes, impressive, don’t sell yourself short. Nice work. I suppose you built the bench too, right?

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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tenontim

1319 posts in 636 days


posted 632 days ago

Thuan the table looks great. Never underestimate what you can do with a solid core door. I’ve made a couple of real sturdy work benches with some that I found at the dump. Necessity is the mother of invention!

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

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Beginningwoodworker

4101 posts in 565 days


posted 7 days ago

Nice looking table.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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Karson

25794 posts in 1292 days


posted 7 days ago

The doors are made to stay flat and are light to be able to move around. A great design and construction job.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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a1Jim

16577 posts in 469 days


posted 7 days ago

Nice table all joinery sounds good to me.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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