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RE: Pine Table Project - bandit571 - 04-03-2017
Ok, where was I?
I place the top on the bench, marked out for rounding the corners...
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Set the top on the bench, good side down. attached the base with the screws. Then, while the mess was up where I could work on it..
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I got out the Infamous Witch's Brew and 1st coated everything from the underside of the top to the tips of the legs..
About that top: I decided against a breadboard edge, as there was plenty of overhang as it was. I set a square to 1-1/8" and set the aprons back from the edge of the top. Screws in the center line/kicker do not need to move, but the ones in the corner blocks do, so they are sitting in slots to allow the top to move a bit. Top is left plain, except for the round corners. And now...maybe a PIP?
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Had to take a picture of the top this way, as the glare from the lights kind of wipes it out..
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See what I mean ?
I left the drawer open a bit, to allow it to dry..[attachment=1876]
Will let this sit for a day or two, until the BLO smell leaves the shop.
Hope I didn't bore anybody.....just a simple bedside table....
RE: Pine Table Project - Stwood_ - 04-03-2017
Not boring at all.
But, tell me the workbench story. Surely you have a story for that worm eaten top on that bench.
Not that it's a bad thing, just curious.
Did it fall out of a shipwreck? Floated around the Caribbean and got a suntan for 20 years?
Looks like maybe you have smoothed the top up a bit.
RE: Pine Table Project - bandit571 - 04-03-2017
Top came from a Waterbed's side frame...worm holes? nah, just when ever I need to attach a jig
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I will just add the jig to the bench with a screw or two.
have used a plane or two to keep the top flat enough to work with. just added a coat of the BLO finish to it.....had the can of finish out, might as well treat the top.
Bench itself took a Sunday afternoon to build. Nice sunny day, did all the work out on the back patio...cost was about...$8 total. mostly dumpster dived wood.
RE: Pine Table Project - Stwood_ - 04-03-2017
Ok. No worm holes. Ck.
Old water bed. 1-1/2 lumber? Yea we had one of those. Made several projects from the wood.
RE: Pine Table Project - Arlin Eastman - 04-03-2017
I like it and how fast you do it to amazes me.
So why does the drawer front bow so much?
RE: Pine Table Project - bandit571 - 04-03-2017
Pine being Pine....is all
RE: Pine Table Project - Bibliophile 13 - 04-04-2017
Very good idea on the corner blocks. They'll keep the joinery from busting out under pressure. Legs do get kicked now and then. Once that pine darkens a bit (and it will over time) it will look very nice under that finish.
I'd have made the top overhang more, myself. Shaker tables usually had a significant overhang, and I don't think they usually rounded the corners of the tops. I think I would have eased them just a little but kept the corners angular. Is there any particular reason you made the top as you did?
RE: Pine Table Project - bandit571 - 04-04-2017
More to match an existing table on the other side of the bed...
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Except the Boss didn't want a drawer with hers...
RE: Pine Table Project - bandit571 - 04-05-2017
Finish is dry,and rubbed out..
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Took the table outside, for better lighting...
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But a tree decided to cast a shadow....
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Hey! The drawer works!
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Side view. Finish is two coats of Poly gloss over one coat of Witch's Brew
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The end that will go against the bedroom wall.
Not too bad of a little project?
RE: Pine Table Project - Stwood_ - 04-05-2017
I think I see one worm hole in that bench top.
