Small Table - American Walnut - five years in the making

Very nice. It’s never too late to finish a job pending. I’ve got several myself. A file cabinet, 3 boxes, and just about every project I’ve seen so far today. It looks good.

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

Looks beautiful … is that a drawer on the front?

-- Lip's Dysfuncational Firewood Farm, South Bend, IN

I failed to mention the drawer. It’s my favorite way to make drawers; have them fit flush with the front of the apron thus continuing the grain pattern.

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

Hey Don…............looks good…......pretty wood…....after 5 years did you remeber for whom the piece was for???? :) I bet if you open the drawer, there’s a little box in there.

Neil

Beautiful wood and nice design. But at the risk of being ostracized yet again I would like to gently and politely point out that the wedged tenons appear to be wrong. They should be rotated 90 degrees. As they are now they will only serve to act as a wedge to split the leg apart. I would have used two in each and oriented them so that the wedging force was tangential to the leg grain or vertical in the table. This is not a knock on your work but if people keep seeing this sort of thing then people will keep doing this sort of thing and I had to say it.
Wedged tenons should have a mortise that flares slightly to the outside and tangential to the grain direction. Otherwise as the piece racks the wedge just serves as a splitting wedge and levers the member apart.

I have nothing further to offer other than my thanks to you for sharing this beautiful piece. I hope all will accept my comments in the spirit that they are offered and feel free to tell me that I’m all wet.

Yes Neil, I failed to mention the drawer. It’s my favorite way to make drawers; have them fit flush with the front of the apron thus continuing the grain pattern.

Grumpy, no offense taken, Mate, thanks for the lesson – makes sense to me.

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

Don,

This is a beautiful table. If there is one tenet to woodworking it is that you cannot rush good craftmanship. five years may be a little long but, in this case, the end product is definately worth the wait. I like the ebony accents. They add nice details to the table.

Thanks for the post and the story behind it as well.

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

Don, beautiful work as always. The attention to small details really sets it apart.

Of course, if it takes you five years to build a small table, I can understand why you haven’t been posting many project. <g>

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

This is an incredible piece. I’m sure it was well worth the wait.

You didn’t need that class Don. You had it in you the whole time on your own. Beautiful work !!!

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke".

Very beautiful, I love the black accent wood, the African Ebony.

Diane

-- http://s205.photobucket.com/albums/bb276/DMarcella/

Beautiful work as always, Don. This table is a detail-fest. Pleased to see your posting.

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

That’s half the time it took me to finish my harpsichord! Pretty good in my book.

Looks like you did a great job. (Finally :-) )

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

Sure does’nt look like a small wooden box to me, but it is a nice piece of furniture. Good to see you Don. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

and you said that you don’t have patience…
Everything happens at the right moment. This was the time for the table

A beautiful piece!!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Looks great Don!

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

I’m currently selling walnut. Maybe you can buy some for your next table, which you can finish in, say, 25 years. lol Just kidding. It’s good to get something like this behind you. The grains are beautiful.

-- Wonderful new things are coming! - God

Beaut job Don. Don’t worry about the 5 years, I have been building a bar for longer than that.

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

Beautiful table Don. I love the grain in your wood selection. Your choice of finish was right on the mark for this one, as always. Excellent work. (I have a project like this…there are part of a blanket chest in a couple of area in my shop…just can’t seem to find the time or engery to complete if for some reason.)

-- Greg - Charles Town, WV

Good to see this posting.

How expensive is the walnut and is it easy to get where you live ?

-- I made a cool back scratcher !!

A beautiful piece of craftsmanship Don.

The walnut is spectacular looking.

You shouldn’t have any shrinkage problems with wood thats been waiting to be

put together for five years.

It looks to me like you have plenty of patience.

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

That’s a sweet little table. Now that I know what Greenish furniture looks like in walnut I’ll be using some of for a future project of my own.

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

Beautiful piece, and worth the wait.

-- North Texas