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Hera is my latest project. I built this table a few years ago, and worried about the finish I should use. It stayed covered in my shop. Two weeks ago our neighbor had a family Crab Feast. They invited me to come and meet their guests. Her son and daughter asked if I still had the table. They came to my shop, fellin love with it, asked the price, I quoted it , and they said SOLD!!!!!!!. Now, I had to finish it .
The table is made of Mahogany w/ Holly inlay. it’s approx 36” in dia. x 30” high. the legs are tapered on the front & two sides, and attached to the apron w/ a briddle joint. The apron was made of White Pine layed up brick style, band sawed, and pattered shaped on the router table, and vennered w/ 1/8” Mahg. All of the striping were hand
scratched, the banding was done on the router table.
Now for the finish. I took the bull by the horns and went w/ “Bartley Gel Varnish”. Three coats rubbed down w/ “Klingspor” grey sinthetic wool. Two coats of “Minwax Paste Wax”.
-- ED NOCK
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inchanga
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#1 posted 273 days ago
Great piece of work, beautifully detailed.
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#2 posted 273 days ago
Very Nice, love the details
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MarkTheFiddler
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#3 posted 273 days ago
Ed – This is outstanding sir!
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Oldtool
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#4 posted 273 days ago
Really a nice piece of furniture, nice work. Excellent craftsmanship.
Thanks for showing.
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dustyal
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#5 posted 273 days ago
You do beautiful work. Very attractive plus being a useful table.
Ed, how about a class on string inlay? Yours looks really nice.
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#6 posted 273 days ago
Great looking table ! Is the mahogany what some call “American Mahogany” ?
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#7 posted 273 days ago
A beauty Ed.
The demilune is one of my favorites and this is a fine demilune…. and more!
I’m glad to hear the thickness of your mahogany veneer. I have an antique sideboard that is telegraphing its”bricks” a little. I’m sure you’ll be OK with the 1/8”.
Very nice piece.
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#8 posted 273 days ago
Ed I am stunned, Beautiful work.
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#9 posted 273 days ago
Fantastic card table Ed all the details are just right. No wonder they snatched it up it’s a real work of art.
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Woodbridge
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#10 posted 273 days ago
Beautiful table. The wood looks great, the inlays and finish are all excellent!
-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario
Nikki in VA
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#11 posted 273 days ago
Ed, fabulos work on a difficult table to build. I hope that paid you propertly. Beautiful.
-- Nikki in Virginia
dnick
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#12 posted 273 days ago
Nicely done. That is a wonderful piece of work.
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#13 posted 273 days ago
Very fine one of the best I have seen on LJ way to go 5 out of 5 stars
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tomd
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#14 posted 273 days ago
Beautiful table and very nice inlay.
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Julian
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#15 posted 272 days ago
You did a fabulous job. Great job on the stringing and inlay.
-- Julian
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