Occasional Table- Project of the Week

December 7, 2007 by thewoodwhisperer
Filed under: Tables 

This week’s project comes from Jason (aka cfiiman in the chatroom). He writes:

It is made out of solid black walnut and a curly maple decorative border…I went with dovetails on the rails and for my first time I think they turned out ok, the table is finished with tung oil…I am in the middle of a “matching” table, sort of, but I am going with finger joints instead of dovetails b/c I really think they look good and mortise & tenon rack in the bottom. Thanks guys!

Table 1 Table 2 Table 3

It’s a very unique piece that includes some unconventional features. I for one would like to know more the joinery used for the brace at the bottom. Nice work Jason!

Comments

5 Responses to “Occasional Table- Project of the Week”
  1. Tomcat1066 says:

    Very cool piece. I’m with Marc…I want to know more about that joinery as well!

  2. Dean says:

    Jason, great piece. I think the dovetails look great and I would sure do them again. That walnut has some pretty coloring to it. you did a nice job on the table

  3. Jim Jones says:

    Good job! How did you finish it?

  4. LONGHAIR says:

    Looks good over-all, but as a design element, I would not have seperated the sap-wood pieces in the top. The straight line between the points jumps out. Put together, it would have been smaller in total width, but more flowing.

  5. Jason (cfiiman) says:

    Longhair, yeah I would have to agree, I will not make that mistake again, but thanks for pointing out my error lol…Finish is Tung Oil, that is all I use, but I am fairly new to trying “fine furniture” making so I am excited to use other things, just not sure how yet…I have a table as a matching piece except everything I did wrong on this one I am redoing on the other one, I’ll send it to Marc when I get it done and maybe it can get on here and get feedback from you guys about the differences…

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