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Queen Anne Side Table

Project by Mark Mazzo posted 540 days ago 504 views 3 times favorited 27 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I thought I’d post a complete project on this table. I blogged about it as it was built – you can look at my blog and search for Queen Anne Side Table to get the details.

The able was my first attempt at a reproduction piece and a first attempt at cabriole legs. I enjoyed the build and I think that there may be a few more reproduction pieces in my woodworking future.

The wood is cherry with soft maple as a secondary wood for the drawer box. The finish is boiled linseed oil, followed by garnet shellac and then a top coat of semi gloss Arm-R-Seal. Finally, I rubbed the finish out with 0000 steel wool and then applied some paste wax (with steel wool for added protection.

-- Mark, Webster New York, Visit my website at http://thecraftsmanspath.com


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gator9t9

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posted 540 days ago

OH YES That is nice ….Id love to touch it .,..how long did it take you ?

Thanks

-- Mike in Bonney Lake " If you are real real real good your whole life, You 'll be buried in a curly maple coffin when you die."

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teenagewoodworker

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posted 540 days ago

wow that is nice. I love the legs, and the dovetails. thanks for the post.

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Douglas Krueger

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posted 540 days ago

Great piece Mark, repro’s are always fun and have so much built in character

-- I can so I wood but why are my learning curves always circles

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TomK

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posted 540 days ago

That is a beautiful reproduction!

-- If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until it's free! PJ O'Rourke

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mjlauro

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posted 540 days ago

This is great work. I have yet to attempt anything quite like it. However ,I am now inspired. Beautiful!

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ShannonRogers

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posted 540 days ago

Mark,

This turned out great. I really enjoyed following this project on the blog and it is great to see the finished product. The finish turned out excellent on this. Great pictures by the way!

I’m enjoying the guitar you are doing now too. You will need to post a video when it is done of you playing it so we can hear how it sounds.

-- Check out my blog and podcast "The Renaissance Woodworker" at www.rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog

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GaryK

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posted 540 days ago

Very nice. Those legs turned out great!

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

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CharlieM1958

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posted 540 days ago

All I can say is it looks like you’ve been building these for about 40 years.

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

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BertJ

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posted 539 days ago

Wow! Absolutely stunning! Love that cherry, and the legs are fantastic. Nice work!

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griff

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posted 539 days ago

Beau – Tee – Full

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

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darryl

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posted 539 days ago

as the others have said, it looks fantastic!
love the color of the cherry.
your legs came out really nice.

-- ~ www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.darrylmasterson.etsy.com ~ www.woodworkingdungeon.blogspot.com ~

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Dusty56

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posted 539 days ago

oh soooo sweet

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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Jarrod Zion Murphree

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posted 539 days ago

Beautiful job on the legs, and nice grain selection. Well done.

-- Jarrod, Taos, NM http://jzmurphree.wordpress.com/

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OutPutter

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posted 539 days ago

I think you got the most out of that tree Mark. I’d also like to compliment your photography. The pictures of the piece in its natural environment are just stunning.

-- Jim

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Scott Bryan

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posted 539 days ago

Mark,

This is a very nice table. Cherry is such a gorgeous wood and you did it proud with this piece.

Nice photos, too.

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

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Bob A in NJ

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posted 539 days ago

Mark, Excellent work!

-- Bob A in NJ

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Mark Mazzo

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posted 538 days ago

Thanks all for the nice comments.

Gator9t9: I’m not exactly sure how many hours I have in the table. I would guess somewhere between 80 and 100 hours of actual construction and finishing time.

-- Mark, Webster New York, Visit my website at http://thecraftsmanspath.com

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Dorje

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posted 538 days ago

Looks super! Another great project comes to fruition!

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

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Mark Mazzo

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posted 538 days ago

Thanks, Dorje!

-- Mark, Webster New York, Visit my website at http://thecraftsmanspath.com

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douglbe

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posted 537 days ago

I know about first attempts at cabriole legs, I made my first and so far only attempt at the legs this past winter and found it to be both challenging and a lot of fun. You have done this table justice, very nice work.

-- Doug, Cass City, Michigan

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jeanmarc

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posted 527 days ago

This is great work

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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acanthuscarver

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posted 526 days ago

Excellent job! Did you “design” your reproduction or did you copy something specific? Your first attempt at cabriole legs was far more than an attempt. They came out great. Good luck with your future reproductions.

-- Chuck Bender, period furniture maker, www.acanthus.com

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Mark Mazzo

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posted 526 days ago

Chuck,

Thanks or the kind words. I did not design the reproduction. The basics of the design were in an article in Popular Woodworking several years back by Glen Huey. Not much different from a typical lowboy except for the single drawer. The entire build process is covered on my blog.

-- Mark, Webster New York, Visit my website at http://thecraftsmanspath.com

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acanthuscarver

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posted 525 days ago

Mark,

That’s where you went wrong! You followed Glen’s design!

Just kidding. Glen is a good friend and a great craftsman. You couldn’t have done any better. Now, about that single drawer thing…

The next step is for us to get you to step up to carving those feet instead of turning pad feet (you did turn them didn’t you or did you just shape them by hand?). Maybe I’ll have to blog a step by step on how to carve trifid feet (like Glen has in his article) or maybe I’ll just go straight to DVD with it. In either case, your work is good enough that you should consider stretching a bit. If you need help, just shoot me an email or send me a PM through LJs. Again, great job on the table.

As an aside, where did the brasses come from?

-- Chuck Bender, period furniture maker, www.acanthus.com

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Mark Mazzo

343 posts in 791 days


posted 525 days ago

Chuck,

Yes, I did turn the feet. I agree that it’s now time to stretch further. I’d like to incorporate more carving into my work. Maybe that’s the next step. Please do blog about the process for a trifid or ball and claw foot…that would be great!

Oh, the brasses came from Horton Brasses.

-- Mark, Webster New York, Visit my website at http://thecraftsmanspath.com

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Texasgaloot

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posted 520 days ago

Nice legs… (blush.) This piece is just great! I really enjoy Queen Anne the most (so much more dignified and even British that this plebian Craftsman thing that is so popular right now…)

In all seriousness, this is impressive work. Very cool!

-- There's no tool like an old tool...

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Mark Mazzo

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posted 519 days ago

Texasgaloot: Thanks for the compliments…although I do like the Craftsman stuff too!

-- Mark, Webster New York, Visit my website at http://thecraftsmanspath.com

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