Thread: Dining Table

Originally Posted by buzsaw

......Will be a high back with slats and leather base. Should be a real test as I have never built a chair before, looking forward to it really.......

Sounds nice. Something like Major's comes to mind .

Keep us posted Derek.

Originally Posted by Auld Bassoon

Lovely job Buzsaw - get's a greenie from me

Cheers!

What's a greenie? and what's the darkside that people often mention here?
Cheers
:confused:

hi Shedhand
Greenie - see the green bar below your name .. more greenies you get the longer it gets .... you get greenies for doing something someone likes eg postingpics of your work ,,, giving good advice etc.... you give by clicking on little whitish thing at bottom of persons post - left hand side.
To see who has given you greenies click on User CP .....

Darkside - leave this to a person who is on that side... basically means doing things hard way - by hand .........
albert

Originally Posted by aabb

hi Shedhand
Greenie - see the green bar below your name .. more greenies you get the longer it gets .... you get greenies for doing something someone likes eg postingpics of your work ,,, giving good advice etc.... you give by clicking on little whitish thing at bottom of persons post - left hand side.
To see who has given you greenies click on User CP .....

Darkside - leave this to a person who is on that side... basically means doing things hard way - by hand .........
albert

Ahh..thanks for the explanation mate..greenie for you then. Hmmm.I better hand out some to those who ahve helped me in my short time as a member. And as for the dark-side! Mate...Ibin doin' things the hard way all my bloody life so I reckon I'm on the DEEP and dark side :eek:...best way to learn tho..

Originally Posted by Shedhand

Ahh..thanks for the explanation mate..greenie for you then. Hmmm.I better hand out some to those who ahve helped me in my short time as a member. And as for the dark-side! Mate...Ibin doin' things the hard way all my bloody life so I reckon I'm on the DEEP and dark side :eek:...best way to learn tho..

Dont spread too much just yet. Asyou are new and have less than 50 posts the rep you give while appreciated does not yet give points etc to recipients...

For further info onrep see FAQ and click on reputation .. PS we are both in danger of getting caned for hijacking this thread so I wil bring it back into line !

Love the Table .. top especially nice

Albert

Very nice table, can't wait to see the chairs. The colours look rather spectacular in the photo.

john

Dont spread too much just yet. Asyou are new and have less than 50 posts the rep you give while appreciated does not yet give points etc to recipients...

Who really cares!! For me it is the thought that counts not the number of points.

Buzz, I echo everyone else's comments. That's a beautiful table. How wide were the Jarrah boards after re-sawing the bearers?

Jarrah is amazing timber. I've been collecting more timber than I care to admit to over the last decade. After starting to do some "serious" woodworking, I've found the Jarrah to be least effected by the elements over time. Other timbers (Marri, Sheoak, Blackbutt, Tuart) more easily rot, turn pithy, have bugs & borers, splits & warp, etc etc. But the Jarrah just seems to get better with time, even out in the weather. And that's not even getting into issues of woodworking ease and natural beauty etc. I'll shut up about Jarrah now.....

Richard

Originally Posted by Richardwoodhead

Jarrah is amazing timber. I've been collecting more timber than I care to admit to over the last decade. After starting to do some "serious" woodworking, I've found the Jarrah to be least effected by the elements over time. Other timbers (Marri, Sheoak, Blackbutt, Tuart) more easily rot, turn pithy, have bugs & borers, splits & warp, etc etc. But the Jarrah just seems to get better with time, even out in the weather. And that's not even getting into issues of woodworking ease and natural beauty etc. I'll shut up about Jarrah now.....

Richard

Mate! Just send some over here

Cheers!

Luxury! I lie awake at night wishing I had a pile of Jarrah to make a table. We only have pine here in NZ.

Great job, lovely table. What did you use to glue the top with and how did you clamp 1500 mm wide? You must have some decent clamps! I lie awake at night wishing I had some decent clamps...

Whats wrong with Rimu?
Totara is a nice carving timber.

Originally Posted by echnidna

Whats wrong with Rimu?
Totara is a nice carving timber.

Hi Bob

Ok, I'm going a bit far . Agreed Rimu is a lovely looking timber but if it isn't heart wood it is pretty soft (dents very easily), is fairly unstable and I have found it quite hard to find decent stuff (locally). I have used Rimu from local suppliers and vowed never again after it warped and shunk badly. The only other thing they seem to supply here is finger jointed pine! Totara is also nice if you can find it, so is Southern beech (although I haven't used this myself).

In the end, I have found it is easier to get hold of American hardwoods than good NZ timber. If someone knows a good supplier of NZ timbers I'd love to find out - knowing where to get it is probably the key. For a table though - I'd still prefer Jarrah personally.

Carving...I am wondering about having a go at carving. What sort of chisels do you recommend? I was thinking about an Ashley Iles set. I have some of their bench chisels and they are nice. Oops perhaps this should be a new thread...

Or Matai (I think thats the spelling)
Nice and hard

Maybe you should start a couple of new threads
one about carving chisels another about where to get timber in NZ

Originally Posted by echnidna

Or Matai (I think thats the spelling)
Nice and hard

Maybe you should start a couple of new threads
one about carving chisels another about where to get timber in NZ

Right, I'll do it. Thanks for the inspiration!