Hall Table

Chippo1 · Post by **Chippo1** » Mon Oct 05, 2020 7:49 pm

Just finished this , American Cherry , finished in Tung Oil

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Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:17 pm

Nice...

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Mon Oct 05, 2020 10:55 pm

thats really good well done not overdone but enought to make it both chunky and elegant at the same time with out detracting from the beauty off the timber

Chippo1 · Post by **Chippo1** » Tue Oct 06, 2020 8:21 am

Thanks guys , I sort of based it on an American woodworkers desk he recently made , he’s on Instagram , #woodwisperer

oz0707 · Post by **oz0707** » Wed Oct 07, 2020 6:55 pm

Nice what finish did you use

Chippo1 · Post by **Chippo1** » Wed Oct 07, 2020 7:05 pm

It’s Tung Oil

yartin · Post by **yartin** » Wed Oct 07, 2020 7:09 pm

Very nice well done

Chippo1 · Post by **Chippo1** » Wed Oct 07, 2020 7:11 pm

Thanks

Duck_Tape · Post by **Duck_Tape** » Sat Oct 10, 2020 12:20 am

That looks smashing, well done. Did you buy the materials to do this or did you use old stuff you had on hand to make this. Either way its a top job. Hats off mate

Chippo1 · Post by **Chippo1** » Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:00 am

Hi Duck tape,

I did some work in a local charity shop, they wanted to pay me some thing for bits and pieces I supplied and a thankyou

So they purchased the Cherry from a local hardwood supplier for me. It cost £90 + VAT, which was just about total cost other than a Tin of oil , glue and a bit of 6mm ply for the bottom of the draws.

dewaltdisney · Post by **dewaltdisney** » Sat Oct 10, 2020 9:23 am

Good job, well done. Looking at the legs reminded me of a taper jig I made for my table saw. I cut the taper and finished them clean on my bench jointer. I think the taper leg gives a better look on that sort of table than the usual all square construction. The only little point I would make, and this sounds petty, is that I would have made the top out of one more board to allow the bit of heartwood to be removed. But I guess that was down to the availability of the stock. I used some poplar that had an edge of heartwood in a rail on some doors I made. As it was a painted finish I did not worry about it but I should have as the door bowed about an 1" down that edge. I have avoided it ever since.

DWD

Chippo1 · Post by **Chippo1** » Sat Oct 10, 2020 11:42 am

DWD , I made a taper jig for my table saw which worked out a treat for making these legs.

Online there is lots of debate re Cherry and the various colours of the material and weather you should or should not use it, it’s abit like Marmite. As you suggest I didn’t have a great pile of planks to choose from , some even avoid the little pin marks ect.

I hand planned all of the timber from rough sawn, great core exercise.

Most importantly, she who must be obeyed likes it !

But thanks DWD for your comments.

Dave54 · Post by **Dave54** » Sat Oct 10, 2020 11:52 am

FWIW, I like the sapwood.
(Can't agree with Walt!)
Nice table as well. I like American cherry.

dewaltdisney · Post by **dewaltdisney** » Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:52 pm

I did not mean to sound churlish, I was miffed at the problem I had with heartwood, my door was like a banana. It is always hard selecting the right boards as you only have what you have. I cut a 2" oak board down the grain once thinking I would have two nice boards as I did not have enough 1" for my job. Bloody hell as soon as I cut it the tension was released and I had two banana pieces. It is all a long pathway of 'should have known better' learning from experience.

DWD

Dave54 · Post by **Dave54** » Sat Oct 10, 2020 2:22 pm

dewaltdisney wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:52 pm I did not mean to sound churlish, I was miffed at the problem I had with heartwood, my door was like a banana. It is always hard selecting the right boards as you only have what you have. I cut a 2" oak board down the grain once thinking I would have two nice boards as I did not have enough 1" for my job. Bloody hell as soon as I cut it the tension was released and I had two banana pieces. It is all a long pathway of 'should have known better' learning from experience.

DWD

Trouble is with a lot of the imported commercial square edged boards you get here, they're from very near the outside of the log, so the end grain runs almost side to side. Makes 'em warp like anything, and be full of tension. As I say I like the sap, so it doesn't bother me. I always used to check with clients though, and of course some timber's sapwood isn't suitable to be used. English oak for one.

Talking to various suppliers of imported timbers when you know them better, the feeling seems to be that the best stuff is kept for domestic use.

But then suppliers chase the biggest profit for themselves. I used to get beautiful quarter sawn English oak from one supplier. Wide boards, properly seasoned with beautiful figure in the grain. I could trust the guy there to select the boards for me. I paid for it mind, but that was fair enough.
All of a sudden the quality went off, "Can I speak to so and so" got, "Sorry he left" and it was French Oak I was getting. Pay for quarter sawn, and get through and through.

I found out later that the company had changed hands.