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I had a little 4/4 walnut laying around, and I had two guest chairs in my office at work just crying out for small table to separate them, so this is the result.
The first for me on this piece was staining walnut. Walnut is pretty much my favorite wood, and I just love how beautiful the color is the minute you wipe on a clear finish. But in this case I was matching the red mahogany finish of the rest of the office furniture, and I was pleasantly surprised at how well the walnut took the stain. (At least it’s NOT paint, Ms. Debbie! <g>
Dimensions are roughly 16×20. The legs are each glued up from 2 pieces of 4/4 stock, with the fluting done using a router table and stop block. Finish is multiple coats of wipe-on poly.
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25 comments so far
GMman
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posted 531 days ago
Very nice, finish is perfect and I like the style, I never used walnut I will have to try to get some its not wood we se too muck around here
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CedarFreakCarl
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posted 531 days ago
Nice!
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thetimberkid
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posted 531 days ago
Great job!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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MrWoody
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posted 531 days ago
Very nice table, I wouldn’t mind seeing a pic when it gets to the office.
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Russel
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posted 531 days ago
A very nice table. I like the way you fluted the legs. However, rather than staining the walnut, couldn’t you just have made new office furniture to match the table?
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sharad
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posted 531 days ago
Very sturdy and nice office table. The fluted legs adds to its look. The finish is so soothing. It is rare to see table without any support for the legs at the bottom.
Sharad
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GaryK
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posted 531 days ago
Great looking table, Charlie. I like the legs!
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SawdustMill
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posted 531 days ago
How long do you estimate this project took ?
Douglas Bordner
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posted 531 days ago
Nice touch with the legs. I like it.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 531 days ago
Thanks Guys!
SawdustMill, I’d say maybe 8 hours total. This is really a very simple little table. The legs are attached to the apron with two 3/8” dowels on each face, and the top is attached with four table clips that float in grooves in the apron cut with my biscuit joiner.
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dennis mitchell
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posted 531 days ago
Stained walnut! What where you thinking…might as well have painted it…well I guess it does look pretty good…real good in fact.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 531 days ago
lol, Dennis. It was a hard thing to do. :-)
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Karson
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posted 531 days ago
You should have bought some mahogany and saved the walnut. Nice table Charlie.
I might have to try that design with some of the Sapele that i got from the door and window shop.
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Woodhacker
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posted 531 days ago
Very Nice Charlie! Using stain is “against my religion”...especially for something like walnut, but I love the looks of this. It is beautiful.
Thanks for posting it.
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Beginningwoodworker
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posted 531 days ago
Thats a nice looking table, Charlie.
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trifern
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posted 531 days ago
Awesome table Charlie. I like the clean lines. Thank you for sharing.
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SteveKorz
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posted 530 days ago
Very nice Charlie… I like the fluted legs. How did you taper out the corner flutes at the top?
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CharlieM1958
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Thamks again, everyone!
Steve, I was using a cove bit, and had a block set up to stop the piece at a certain point as I ran it along the fence of the router table. When you hit the stop block and lift the piece away from the table, you are automatically left with that taper at the end of the cut.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
jockmike2
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posted 530 days ago
Nice table Charlie, nice job on the top and legs. Hey I put mahogany stain on my Thorsen contest table. Oh yea, I did’nt win anything either. Oh well it looks good anyway.
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daveintexas
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posted 530 days ago
Charlie-
Good looking table. And I viewed it in your office setting, looks like a perfect fit. The grain on the top seems to be really emphasized in the office picture. Is that because of the mahogany stain?
Did you use a light coat of the stain?
Thanks for posting-
Dave
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CharlieM1958
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posted 530 days ago
Dave, I used Minwax red mahogany. I applied it liberally with a foam brush, and wiped the excess after 10 minutes, so I’d call that a heavy coat.
In this case, I’d say the stain neither enhanced nor detracted from the natural beauty of the grain. It just changed the color a bit, which is what I was looking for.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Roz
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posted 529 days ago
I guess I looked at these in reverse. Nice job Charlie.
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Dusty56
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posted 498 days ago
It really took a lot of B*s to risk staining Walnut , but I think it came out beautiful just the same …the fluted legs reallly add to the piece…..how tall is this table ?
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CharlieM1958
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posted 497 days ago
Not so much, Dusty…. I did a scrap test first and liked how it came out, so I figured what the heck?
Height is about 20” I think. Whatever standard chair seat height is…I made it to fit between two chairs.
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Mark Shymanski
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posted 497 days ago
Great table, it must be getting a lot of complements from people who see it in your office.
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