Mike Saville
Established Member
HI All,
So here's a couple of pics of my 2nd project (not so much detail here as the first ).
I made these table a couple of years back for the spare bedroom. European Oak. The tools used were mostly hand tools & elbow grease - I did use an electric drill to remove most of the material in the M&T's and a Router to round the edges - apart from that is was planes, chilsels, sandpaper and saws.
Whilst the finish looks ok and has worn well I'm not sure I've done that right. I applied about 4 coats of sanding sealer with a light rub down between each coat. It still looks ok now but I'm not sure what the future will hold . . .
As for the drawers . . . no fancy joinery here, or even nice wood. Just some horrible spruce and nasty butt joints I'm afraid and even they're not very well done - a lesson for next time.
Overall I'm reasonably pleased but do regret not taking more care of the drawers.
So here's a couple of pics of my 2nd project (not so much detail here as the first ).
I made these table a couple of years back for the spare bedroom. European Oak. The tools used were mostly hand tools & elbow grease - I did use an electric drill to remove most of the material in the M&T's and a Router to round the edges - apart from that is was planes, chilsels, sandpaper and saws.
Whilst the finish looks ok and has worn well I'm not sure I've done that right. I applied about 4 coats of sanding sealer with a light rub down between each coat. It still looks ok now but I'm not sure what the future will hold . . .
As for the drawers . . . no fancy joinery here, or even nice wood. Just some horrible spruce and nasty butt joints I'm afraid and even they're not very well done - a lesson for next time.
Overall I'm reasonably pleased but do regret not taking more care of the drawers.