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My wife asked me to make a table for the laundry room. It’s long enough to fit three baskets underneath with plenty of room up top for folding and stacking. It’s made from red oak and finished in a tung oil. This was my first attempt at mortise and tenon joinery and I think I’ve got the hang of it now after making 40 joints by hand. I know the table is strong because I dropped it in the shop from about three feet above the cement floor (by accident of course, I was moving it down from the horse)! Just a bit of damage to one of the feet – hardly noticable.
I know I said this table was for my wife, but let me just add for the record that I’m not a chauvinist pig; she just likes doing the laundry. I don’t get out of other housework unfortunately! Here is a picture of her happy to have her laundry table. You cant make it out in the picture but she is barefoot. Yes, barefoot and pregnant and ready to sort and fold (I have the best wife ever).
Thanks for looking! And thanks to all the LJ’s who gave me advice on tiling and finishing; much appreciated.
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Bigbuck
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posted 106 days ago
Very nice, looks like you got the hang of cutting those mortice and tenons. Good job and congradulations to you and your wife.
-- Glenn, New Mexico
Jason
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posted 106 days ago
Very nice looking table. Seems to have nice porportions
-- Jason
Roz
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posted 106 days ago
Your laundry room furniture looks nicer than what I have in my living room. Good job! I like the tile choice.
-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."
TedM
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posted 106 days ago
Very nice, Rob! One of the many projects I have on the go is an Arts and Crafts coffee table. It’s my first time for mortise and tenon too. My fingers are crossed that when finished it looks as good as this!
Love the tile too! I have a few other projects in mind for this too. How did you lay the tile?
-- I'm a wood magician... I can turn fine lumber into firewood before your very eyes! - http://www.woodworkersguide.com
Greg Wurst
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posted 106 days ago
Nice table and very useful. It looks like your wife’s about ready to pop! :) Congrats!
Grant Davis
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posted 106 days ago
I like that, great job of keeping momma happy also.
-- Grant...."GO BUCKEYES"
jockmike2
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posted 106 days ago
Looks great Rob, and don’t feel like the Lone Ranger, I think a lot of us can handle that choir. I know I learned way back in my Army days how to do my laundry, just to save a couple buck. Back then at pay grade E-4 I got 128 dollars a month clear. So every penny counted. Of course smokes were only 20 cents a pack. LOL
-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com
CharlieM1958
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posted 106 days ago
That table is way too nice to hide in a laundry room! Not only is the woodworking great, but the tilework really takes it over the top.
I hope you made it big enough for all the additional laundry that is on the way. :-)
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
ND2ELK
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posted 106 days ago
Great looking table. You did a nice job on it. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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Rob
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posted 106 days ago
Thanks for the comments guys. And Greg, you are right about my wife being “about to pop” because that is exactly what she did this afternoon! A baby girl, 8lbs 9ozs, born at 1:23pm on Canada Day!!!
Rudge
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posted 105 days ago
What is with wife’s and always keeping us busy building for them, but then they will complain that we are spending to much time in the shop ????
Great piece…good job….mortise and tenon, hope to get there one day….
-- 'Original Rudge' Muskoka, Cdn
jeanmarc
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posted 77 days ago
Very nice looking table.
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