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29th December 2009, 10:43 PM #1
Dining table complete
Hello my fellow wood whisperers. I thought I'd like to share my latest accomplishment - the completion of the dining room table. I designed it to be wheelchair accessible for my husband and big enough to have large and boisterous dinner parties - it seems to fill both requirements nicely. So, what do you think? The timber is Red Ironbark, finished with 12 coats of Livos Kunos Oil - food safe and so easy to put on and repair if the need arises. Look forward to seeing more of what everyone else is doing.
The best things come in small parcels.
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29th December 2009, 11:16 PM #2
love it!
tell us more about the table top, is it a single piece ?
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30th December 2009, 07:49 AM #3
The top is made from 12 boards - dominoed together, cut and folded over at the ends to make it look twice as thick as it actually is - here's a shot of the underside during construction. The metal frame forms the support and is the frame to attach to the base plinth.
The best things come in small parcels.
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30th December 2009, 09:34 AM #4
Ooops - those attachments didn't work - try this.
The best things come in small parcels.
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30th December 2009, 10:40 AM #5
Very nice. Looks like it weighs a ton though, is it easy to move?
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30th December 2009, 10:54 AM #6
Very nice and well thought out and constructed
Hope you allowed for expansion and contraction with fitting the steel frame to the underside of the top, would hate to see some cracks develop or screws breaking.
On a different note, I did a delivery down to Metung on Reynolds Rd a few weeks ago, it is a very nice area but it was windy when I was there, is it always windy there?Cheers
DJ
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30th December 2009, 04:34 PM #7
expansion
Yep - plenty of expansion room - no cracking on this table.
And yes, it is always pretty windy down here - particularly around Reynolds Rd (you would have passed my house on the way there!) it's open to Lake King and apart from a thin stretch of land - gets all the wind straight off the ocean.
The table does way a ton - took six people to lift the top on its own. It's not going anywhere fast!The best things come in small parcels.
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30th December 2009, 04:37 PM #8SENIOR MEMBER
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It is a beauty Busyhands! Congratulations. I think I would want to be running my hands along the edge of those boards every time I walked by or sat at the table. Best wishes for some super dinner parties.
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30th December 2009, 06:28 PM #9
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30th December 2009, 06:33 PM #10
In the event of an earthquake......."Quick, everyone under the table !!!!"
Very nice job indeed - love that folded edge idea to make the top look thicker.
Well done
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30th December 2009, 07:09 PM #11SENIOR MEMBER
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Great job
Donna
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3rd January 2010, 06:12 PM #12
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3rd January 2010, 10:23 PM #13
As others have said already, fantastic. And I love the little metal squares detail.
anne-maria.
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24th January 2010, 05:31 AM #14Skwair2rownd
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Soory!! Missed this before!
Beautiful work on a well thought out design.
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24th January 2010, 02:10 PM #15
Me too Artme, very nice Busy one
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