Small Table - Australian Blackwood

Hi Don;

Good to hear from you;

Great job on this table.

The choice of woods is beautiful! I have some blackwood veneer I will be using on a project soon.

Still doing small wooden boxes?

Lee

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

Very nice looking table, Like the design and the finish very well. Thanks, enjoyed it

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

Thanks, Lee.

Other than the Changing table (the project prior to this one), this is the only piece I’ve made since Christmas. I’m still a lover of small boxes and will get back to making them after two other commissions I’ve got lined up.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

That is a beautiful table. Great job.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

Great looking tabel Don! Looking forward to hearing more from you.

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

Lovely table, Don, with your usual attention to detail. The continuity of grain across the front apron and drawer fronts is very cool. Glad to hear from you.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

I’m glad to see you back Don!

A beautiful straight line design, & as usual a perfect finish.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Great piece of blackwood Don and beaut table to boot.

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

The wood is great – I really appreciate the touch of using a single board for the front as Douglas pointed out! That’s a really nice touch here…

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

Hi Don,

This is a nice table. You did a nice job on the design and construction.

It has been a little while since you have been on here. It is good to see you back.

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

i love the wood. great work. what does blackwood sell for in Australia? Can you conver it to US dollars? Do you buy it in board feet there or int he standard cubic meter?

-- making sawdust....

it really does look great, tel us what the wood costs? That is one of my biggest inhibitors to wood working. Not the actually amount (the hard dollars) but the fact that since I am new to detailed work I am hesitant to waste that much money learning. I know it is not a good reason to not try something and I will get over it this year. I need to man up get r done.

Don great work again :)

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

Nice table, Don. I like the design and that’s beautiful wood.

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

Don, I would call this a very beautiful, somewhat-larger-than-average small wooden box with legs. And I love it!

I’m glad to hear a man of your skills speak well of dowel joinery. I use it all the time, and it is so easy I always feel like I’m cheating!

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

Have missed you Don, Well done piece. Sure don’t look like a box though. LOL. Glad to see you back. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Great table Don! Don’t be a stranger….......there’s been lots of small boxes posted!

-- Carl Rast, Pelion, SC

Beautiful. Period. The design mixed with the wood choice make this table pop! Australian Blackwood with it’s reddish tinge and brown areas really likes tung oil-give it a try sometime.

Cedrus-British Columbia

-- Cedrus of British Columbia

Great job, Don. Love the Blackwood.
Good to see you back.

Regards,

Rob

-- http://www.damnfinefurniture.com

Don. Some beautiful Local woods. When I saw the heading blackwood, I was thinking of African Blackwood that is used for bagpipes. More like ebony. That is some tasteful wood you have there.

Great looking table.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Very nice Don. Great to hear from you.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

OK, OK, OK, we’ll go back out into the shop and build something. It’s just hard when LJ’s like you keep making such great projects, thus our time spent viewing, commenting, looking through old photos to find that lost project. We are out of here…thanks Don. welcome back from the dust(saw).

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

Nice table Don, I like the variations of colors in the grain.

-- Joel Tille

Well done Don. Blackwood is one of my favourite timbers. I have found that care needs to be taken when routing; and a drum sander is often better than a thicknesser to avoid tearout. Figure matching can also be a problem. I also like the pulls on the drawers.

-- Bob

Don, a great looking table for a box man (or anyone for that matter). Nice work and glad to see you back with us.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

I used my DowelMax on my last couple of tables – I sure wouldn’t go back to any other joint.

-- Bruce from Central New York

good to see you are still active. table is very nice. material is exotic !

-- ..... art for lifes sake

Nice grain pattern Don…I like the table…Don’t give up on traditional joinery…

-- Steffen

Look at this beautiful box with long legs on it !!! hahahaha great job and wood choice : )

-- Dusty56@comcast.net