Coffee table in ash

Nice piece of work.

looks stable and I like the grain

-- making sawdust....

looks fantastic…though the finish was hard to do—-it looks like this turned out fantastic…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...SING WITH ME: "Sum...sum...sum...summ...summ...summ...summertime..."

Nice piece. You did do a nice job of grain matching on the top.

I like your biscuit holder jars.

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

well done

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Nice job on the table Stanley. I would not be concerned about the finish, looks great.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

That’s a beauty!

-- Mark

Real nice job on that table, Stanley. I like ash myself, although the American stock is getting fairly eaten up with glass worm. If you don’t mind the worm tracks, it works well. Poor man’s oak. I’m building a desk right now for a client, out of ash. I would normally put bread board ends, to keep the top flat, but they didn’t want that. I find it’s easier to keep flat if you don’t alternate the directions of the growth rings. That way you only have to be concerned with it bowing one way or the other, otherwise you get the wave effect. I’m using it to trim my entire house with on the interior. Of course, it has to be stained. Nice post.

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

nice table .

Stain looks beautiful, that’s the color I like. It looks like golden oak to me and it really brings out the grain. Nice job.

-- Greg, CT

Hi Stanley,

This is a beautiful table. You did a nice job with the staining and finish. I am assuming that you have oak furniture as I agree with Greg that this looks like a golden oak stain.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Great job of grain matching on that top!

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

That is sweet. I really like the grain in the top and the finish is outstanding.

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

Thanks for all the nice things said.

The colour is light teak, which seems to be a versatile shade that blends with the multiple hues that we have in here.

Bread board ends was the other thought to stop the bowing. I did try and alternate the grain so I’ll bear the advice not to do this in mind. This timber is American ash: I don’t think that there were worm holes but I did have to work out a dodgy piece of sap wood and replace it with a patch. The timber was chosen because I thought that the grain would be straight – as you know arrow shafts, cricket bat handles etc are ash – but it didn’t turn out that way. Hi ho!

I knicked the jar idea off my Dad. He didn’t have a biscuit jointer but used the technique for screws etc.

-- Stanley generally struggling

Nice looking table. Be careful with steaming dent sout after it’s finished. You’ll force water under the finish and the results won’t be fun. Again excellent job.

-- Phil, Near San Diego, CA

Ash can be tricky, but I to use ash quite often, it is still abundant in my area and the emerald ash borer hasn’t hurt us too much, yet. I also get rough sawn for 50 to 60 cents a bd/ft. I can’t beat the price. Besides, I do like the wild grain, it adds character and the grain on your table looks great.

-- Doug, Cass City, Michigan