white oak chair table

Nicely done, the Qsawn oak top is wonderful…BC

Nice looking table. With quarter sawn oak, only two the two face sides will have the rays or tiger stripes. The other two sides will be like flat sawn oak. You can make all four sides of a leg like you have on your table have the quarter sawn look by making some thin ( 1/16” to 1/8” ) strips and face gluing them on the flat sawn sides of the legs or by making you legs out of 3/4” qtr sawn oak and mitering the long edges of four pieces and gluing them together. The easiest is to apply the thin strips with the quartered sides showing. Hope this makes sense and helps.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

I am partial to quarter sawn oak, and this is why. Good work.

Rob

looks pretty nice to me.

Congrats on all of your “firsts” on this project . It looks wonderful : )

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

Nicely done.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Very nicely done. This same table is on my list. You might try Jeff Jewitt’s finish recipe. It looks a bit daunting when you read thru it, but it’s really pretty straightforward. I’m really just getting started into woodworking and have used it on all of my QS white oak (some of them posted here). I’m trying to mimic various Stickley finishes. I can’t say the colors match Stickley exactly, but the 3 colors I’ve done all looked great to me. I’ve seen no evidence of any color mismatch from board to board.

http://www.homesteadfinishingproducts.com/pdf/mission_oak_rev6-2010.pdf

A VERY handsome piece – very nice dimensions as well as wood selection.

Great job!

-bob

-- 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

I like it dual purpose makes sense and it looks great too.

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Thanks to all for your enthustiac and encouraging words. A special thanks to Max for explaining my QS issue (and the solution), and to rodneyh for the link. rodneyh-waiting to see your table.

-- Nikki in Virginia

Very well done, on all of your firsts! Nice job!

-- Jesus was a carpenter

Excellent table!! I like the radiance of it’s simplicity and elegance. Handsome quarter sawn top with visible tendons and pegs add just the right touch. Would buy it if I could. Eager to see more of your “beginner” work. DKatz