New table !!!

isawlogs · August 20, 2015, 03:38:06 PM

We needed a table, ours is still at the farm as my daughter was living here she had her table in the house, wejust took over her things but new she was leaving and she did, with her table... :D :D

So, after making her, her (Tom) rollin'island, I had some white pine slabs in the shop. I got to it and made a table ... it aint quite done yet but its almost there. Putting on the poly then the beeswax and in she goes.

Table is 60" X 42" legs are 5" X 5" with a 2" top, it was thicker but need to have a meeting witht he mill to rid it of cup..... It will be fine, heavy enough as it is.... Use some minwax stain, Golden Oak. It has three coats of polyurethen and will get four more, then three or four coats of beeswax.

lowpolyjoe · August 20, 2015, 03:51:17 PM

Wow - that is a stout looking table. Bet it weighs a ton.

Looks like something the giant would have in his kitchen in Jack and Beanstalk

Great stuff 8)

samandothers · August 20, 2015, 05:24:54 PM

Like the color! You could dance on that thing.

Andy White · August 20, 2015, 05:28:26 PM

Marcel,
That is some really fine grain on that top. It looks like it runs cross the face of the boards. Love the color. The banding is a neat way to wrap the top. Better than breadboard. Design is perfect.

Andy
Just looked at the last picture again, and see the ring pattern in the boards! How do you make the top look "banded" in the other pictures??? That is way Cool!! Andy

POSTON WIDEHEAD · August 20, 2015, 06:02:19 PM

8) 8) 8)

isawlogs · August 20, 2015, 08:44:33 PM

Andy, its a trade secret.... :D :D

That I will share with you. I do that by putting the top together first, then I resaw it in two peices on the table saw. The twopeices then get a ride to the mill, they are put on, locked in place and then to make that nice rippled patern, one needs to do what every body tells you what " NOT" to do with a band mill...... get the blade going , lower the head till its touchs the board then just a little pressure will do.... but this has to be done at the tail end of the mill, and you go backwards to the front..... And no the blade does not go flying off, it makes a nice little ripple in white pine.

I like the rustic look and just love the saw marks on the table. It gets sanded down to 220 then stained, sanded down, then polyurethan (no gloss) six coats, then I finish with four or five coats of bees wax.
the legs and apron I do with my bandsaw in the shop, again pulling the wood into the blade at an angle so that the saw makes the little cuts like the mill. ;) :P

WDH · August 20, 2015, 08:49:17 PM

Doggone Marcell, that top with the curly pattern is outstanding! Now, you have let the cat out of the bag (old saying). Love the apron, too.

Maybe I will adopt you after all :D.

Andy White · August 20, 2015, 08:55:05 PM

Marcel,
That has to be the most effective trick of furniture building I have ever heard of! The results are fantastic. You did not learn that from any woodworkers I've ever seen. I will have to build a table to try this! :P :P

Andy
Thanks for sharing your secret.

WDH · August 20, 2015, 08:56:59 PM

Note to self: Go find some thick white pine.

clww · August 20, 2015, 08:57:40 PM

Pretty work! ;)

mesquite buckeye · August 20, 2015, 09:34:07 PM

Quote from: isawlogs on August 20, 2015, 08:44:33 PM
Andy, its a trade secret.... :D :D

That I will share with you. I do that by putting the top together first, then I resaw it in two peices on the table saw. The twopeices then get a ride to the mill, they are put on, locked in place and then to make that nice rippled patern, one needs to do what every body tells you what " NOT" to do with a band mill...... get the blade going , lower the head till its touchs the board then just a little pressure will do.... but this has to be done at the tail end of the mill, and you go backwards to the front..... And no the blade does not go flying off, it makes a nice little ripple in white pine.

I like the rustic look and just love the saw marks on the table. It gets sanded down to 220 then stained, sanded down, then polyurethan (no gloss) six coats, then I finish with four or five coats of bees wax.
the legs and apron I do with my bandsaw in the shop, again pulling the wood into the blade at an angle so that the saw makes the little cuts like the mill. ;) :P

Wha chu talkin' bout Willis? ;D 8) 8) 8)

plowboyswr · August 21, 2015, 09:01:25 PM

The Mrs. is already complaining about our dining room table... I see what I will be doing in the future. ;D :D between you and Danny I'm doomed especially if she sees this.

rasman57 · August 22, 2015, 02:19:25 PM

Excellent! Very nice work.

I am curious about the beeswax over the poly. Since the poly seals the wood and in theory protects it from spills etc., is the beeswax for making the poly less grippy and smoother? Never heard of beeswax over poly. Interesting.

WDH · August 22, 2015, 07:57:20 PM

Plowboy,

Just knuckle down and get it done. Out of cherry 8).

isawlogs · August 22, 2015, 09:11:14 PM

I love the poly for what it is, I hate the smell and the feeling of it when dry... I love the bees wax, but itself takes many coats to be of any use, so I compremise with both. Every coat of poly gets sanded down , the last one I usualy do I will be at 320 grit or 400.. this one being 400, then goes on the bees wax because I love the smell and really love the feeling when touching the wood. It is very personnal to me, I will put three to four coats of beeswax. I have two on it now and may stop there as it looks good.