building a round walnut table

[tule peak timber]

I was lucky to get a couple truck loads of this English, pretty nice stuff.

 

[bwstout]

Are you spraying lacquer? Look assume

[Crusarius]

its crazy how that first coat wakes that table right up.

[tule peak timber]

Are you spraying lacquer? Look assume

In Ca., tough to do with the regulations.

[Nebraska]

They regulate wood  finishing or is it being commercial and using a spray booth?

[doc henderson]

the "proof coat"   appears to be wipe on, is it just a mineral spirit to bring out any areas that need attention, what more can you tell us.

[tule peak timber]

The proof coat is a single layer of poly that we can look at today for imperfections before the "main" event of multiple coat build up. Besides after any sanding we ALWAYS reseal the wood before walking away.
  The wipe on is a cleaning process before spraying.

[tule peak timber]

They regulate wood  finishing or is it being commercial and using a spray booth?

In my area there are severe restrictions on VOC's for any type of finishes.
 My friends VOC exempt spray booth cost him right at 1,000,000$. That said I spend a HUGE amount of time researching legal alternatives for use in my shop.

[Nebraska]

@tule peak timber , My first thought for your friends spray booth price was "yikes", I don't blame you at all for doing  lots of research, I also wouldn't blame you for having another shop in rural  Nevada. 

[catalina]

Beautiful Work!!

[reedco]

     Just WOW!!

[tule peak timber]

The table is finished. This pic is the last photo after two days of rub-out. Obviously a lot of glare but Tony has the surface looking like a diamond. Thanks for sticking around through the build !

 

[Magicman]

That is truly a gem.  I would love to see the sparkle in the customer's eyes when he sees it. 

[Southside]

after two days of rub-out

Wow - talk about attention to detail and patience.  That is truly beautiful work.  

[Ed_K]

 That is way KOOL 8).

[Andries]

That's a beautiful finish to the project, Rob. 
👍

[tule peak timber]

Thanks all.
  Just having coffee this morning and wondering if the the customer will load in on the other 7-8 tables he was talking about. It would be nice since I now have the tooling/jigs figured out and repetition would be a snap.
  On a bigger worry we have been working on a bid to clad the inside of a new government building in Sacramento since February and have hit a bit of a roadblock with one of the engineers on the program. Can't push a rope----we can only wait and run out of time. My first encounter with a "snowflake" that has political and economic power. Right now I'm throwing myself headlong into the "brown"  project 7 days a week .

[Bill Gaiche]

Good luck with the rope, hope you can change it to a piece of rebar....bg

[WDH]

After seeing this table, I think that I will have to quit trying to make tables . 

[thecfarm]

Glare is good!!! WOW!!!!

[scsmith42]

Rob, seeing your work is always an inspiration.  Thanks much for sharing your tips and techniques.

Scott

[Ljohnsaw]

working on a bid to clad the inside of a new government building in Sacramento

If it ever comes to fruition, I'd like to come by and see you in action (and maybe lend a hand, at least lend an opinion ;))!  You'd only be 30 minutes from me.

[bwstout]

Rob that is very beautiful table, I can only dream of doing one