Ash Dining Room Table, Mission Style

Glad you posted this. I have a pecan tree in my back yard that I have been debating on cutting down for the same reason.

Great table by the way.

-- A carpenter takes an ugly, knotted, twisted piece of wood and makes something beautiful and pure from it. Jesus was and still is a carpenter, I am that piece of wood.

Supe looking table, great design. From shade to table, great build.

-- Bob, Lewistown, Montana. Kindness is the Language the blind can see and deaf can hear. - Mark Twain

Very nice, I often forget what I am working with was once a tree. You did a great job

-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.

Thanks guys, I have never worked with pecan wood. This was my first project with ash and it won’t be the last; ash is strong and beautiful.

-- Branlon, Board Director, South Central Indiana

Great job and nice use of a tree you had. Well done.

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Great story behind a great piece of furniture.

-- Todd http://www.PictureTrail.com/gid6255915

A very unique wood choice for a Mission piece. I like it,I like it a lot.

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

Branion,

As above very unique choice of wood for a mission style table. Being able to harvest your own wood and make something great with it has got be tops.Especially like the shadow line created with the double top.
Did you mortise the slats in by hand or do you have a mortise machine?

Great job, thanks for sharing

jb

-- Playing with wood and metal for the last 50 years, driving and building Land Cruisers for the last 40. Experience is what you get when you don't know what you are doing.

jb,

All the slats were cut the same length and then a dowel was glued into the center bottom. The tops of the slats fit tightly into a router-cut groove along the bottom of the crossbar connecting the tops of the legs. The slats can’t twist but needed to be held in place at the top by popsicle-like stick spacers. All cut from the same ash tree, of course, but the dowels were store bought.

-- Branlon, Board Director, South Central Indiana

Really nice looking table.

-- Don, Royersford, PA

Nice piece, did the tree proud! Sounds like you know what you are doing. Good to have friends who can mill for you :)

I like the choice of southwestren as it has a nice visual flow in general as well as an interesting and functional design.

Any more pieces planned?

-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher

I guess you could say the felled tree landed close to home. Nice design, great choice of wood; Great project! Thanks for sharing.

-- Doug

Nice dining room table.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Beautiful table. Nice execution. Most of the furniture I have posted on this site came from ash trees on my brother’s property. This spring he and I are cutting down another 8 large trees that will provide another 600 – 700 board feet! Won’t have it for a year but it still is a large quantity that will cost out of pocket for the sawyer about $0.90/ bf. I concur, ash is a great wood to work with. I have always loved the somewhat nutty smell it gives off when cutting. Have seen any emerald ash borer in Indiana yet? Here in Michigan most of the ash are dying or will be gone in the next 5 to 8 years. What a shame – but right now it makes ash really cheap here. Can’t transport ANY ash that has bark on it out of (or even within) the state.
Enjoy your table. You should be proud of it!

-- Bobthebuilderinmichigan

The situation bob-t-b described is true here in MN regarding the ash borer, which has no preditors? Won’t that make ash an exotic wood?

-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher