oak coffee table

[pryally]

after lurking for several month i thought i would finally post the only item i am proud of (apart from a few picture frames which don't look very impressive, but are very difficult to achieve good mitres!)

made this for my girlfriend, should of kept it......

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yes, i know the bin needs emptying.....

 

[Slim]

Thats very nice, I like it. It reminds me of a piece Lord Nibbo did in Walnut a while ago, with the large finger joints.

Bravo!

 

[Chris Knight]

It's very well done. Large joints like that are tricky to get so neat.

 

[wizer]

very nice, simple and beautiful. Well Done

 

[woodbloke]

Good looking piece, well proportioned, crisp and clean. Well done - Rob

 

[pryally]

thanks for the kind comments.

i 'stole' the design from a set in New Heights but they were made from 20mm (mine 32mm) thick timber and they also had triangular fillets internally to strengthen it.

it weighs a ton though now.....

 

[OPJ]

Very nicely done.

I like the way you're used equal-width lengths of timber to save the hassle of having to cut housings out. :wink:

That should also keep it very stable, as opposed to making it from one or two wider boards. What finish did you use?

 

[pryally]

Had to pass all the timber through the table saw to ensure they were exactly the same width otherwise the joints wouldn't have worked. I'm sure there would be a way of cutting them after but not really upto that yet. just glued them together with staggered ends.

Liberon Finsihing oil, several coats with the last few applied with v fine wet and dry (use the same finish on everything at the moment)

 

[OPJ]

That's an interesting idea; I haven't tried applying an oil finish with W&D paper before... Looks like it works really well (I guess it also helps to keep the grain down), might have to try it sometime.