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I built my wife a dining room suite. I should have since I sold our “sto-baught” dining room furniture at a yard sale. Oooo! Another “You Might Be a Lumberjock”.. if you ever sold your wife’s furniture so you could make her some yourself.
This set is made with White Pine and finished with a “pickled effect”. I wanted to see all of those knots! I used a gallon can of satin poly with a half pint of white oil based paint mixed in. I know some of you went “WHAT!!”. Well, I did. You just have to give it a couple of coats and make sure you stir the mixture often. It’s lasts nicely.
The table has “pistol drawers” on each side of the long side for storage of her what-nots needed for Christmas dinner.
-- Makin' Sawdust!!!
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Randy Sharp
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posted 524 days ago
Beautiful job! I’ve tried your “manufactured” finish. It works great.
-- Randy, Tupelo, MS ~ May I become more like the Master Carpenter every day.
CharlieM1958
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posted 524 days ago
Excellent work!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Kipster
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posted 524 days ago
Again nice finish and thanks for sharing.
-- Kip Northern Illinois ( If you don't know where your goin any road will take you there) George Harrison
teenagewoodworker
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posted 524 days ago
great work! thanks for the post
BobR
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posted 524 days ago
Nice suite. Well done.
-- Bob
ND2ELK
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posted 524 days ago
Great dinning room furniture. You did a beautiful job on this set. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa
trifern
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posted 523 days ago
Great job. What are you selling next?
-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.
matt garcia
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posted 523 days ago
What a great feeling of satisfaction you must have when friends and family come over, and you get to show off your talent!! We have a “sto-baught” solid oak dinner table. It’s probably an antique now it’s so old. Maybe one day I will build one. Is that a Ma-roww I see in the lower left hand pic?
-- Matt, Houston Texas
jockmike2
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posted 522 days ago
Beautiful job, I would never have thought to do that with the paint and poly. It looks wonderful, nice job.
-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com
PaBull
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posted 474 days ago
you do very nice work, mr Sawdust…
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