| Project by Greg3G | posted 573 days ago | 462 views | 0 times favorited | 15 comments | ![]() |
This is a pair of night tables for my wife’s best friend. They were made with the same “Homecenter” red oak and again the finish is a medium brown dye, red mahogany stain, and 3 coats of gloss poly. I only have one major problem, its the one shelf glue up. I couldn’t get a good grain match with the materials at hand. This project is about a year old now. Beleive it or not, I actuallly made a profit off of this one….after I ran the numbers, taking into account materials, shop supplies and sundries…I made about $7.50. Yes again my darling wife was involved, but since I made money, I had to take her out to dinner, and “I already have the tools I needed for this one.”
-- Greg - Charles Town, WV
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15 comments so far
Dusty
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posted 573 days ago
Greg,
A profit?
However I didn’t see a labor accounting. Of course we do this for the love not the money.
I’m impressed.
Better yet you only got off with a dinner. small price to pay. :)
-- Dusty
dennis mitchell
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posted 573 days ago
Good work and a profit! Move over Mr.Trump.
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BassBully
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posted 573 days ago
Did you take her to McDonalds? with that much money? The tables look good—like the table you made for your wife.
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markrules
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posted 573 days ago
That’s exactly what my wife wants me to build. Exactly. Thanks for giving me something to show her!
Karson
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posted 573 days ago
Boy, are you going into this fulltime. This is great.
-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com
Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 573 days ago
Accent and side tables are a favorite of mine to build. They can be quite a gratifying project. Those look great.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 573 days ago
I love the grain of oak!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Sawdust
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posted 573 days ago
Greg,
Nice looking tables. Did you turn the legs? Mahogany finish looks pretty good on oak. I haven’t tried that.
Chip
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posted 573 days ago
Greg, they are just beautiful. I really like how delicate the legs are and look. What a couple of great tables. Thanks for sharing.
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Bill
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posted 573 days ago
Very nice Greg. It looks like we will have tough competition for the Thorsen Table Challenge.
-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com
Steffen
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posted 516 days ago
Nice Job Greg. These tables are beautiful and I agree with Chip above…the delicate look of the legs is a nice feture.
-- Steffen
Don
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posted 473 days ago
Thank you, Mr. Shuffle. I missed this one furst time around. Lovely work, Greg.
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sandhill
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posted 378 days ago
Nice finish on the tables. What did you use?
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Tony
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posted 218 days ago
Hello Greg
I like this pair very much, nice detail. The only constructive criticism, I would make would be the choice of wood. I think that because the overall piece is a delicate, not a robust piece, that the use of Oak is too hard and heavy (visually) – the grain is too course. Cherry or even better Mahogany would have been a better selection, which would have meant that you could have used less stain and got a more natural colour.
But for an early attempt in your career – I think you should be proud of what you achieved, I know I would have been.
The really important thing is that the customer was happy with the piece and that you are also happy with what you have achieved. Keep up the good work
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jeanmarc
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posted 191 days ago
beautiful tables Lovely work
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