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    Default Small shaker-ish table

    This is the last of the set curriculum projects that I did at my part time Sturt course. It is a small shaker table, but I put a wave in the top, because I just couldn't have all flat surfaces... So it isn't really shaker, because shaker style wouldn't have a wave. Whatever...

    The dovetails are all hand cut. It is all made from only two bits of Bluegum (plus a bit of old lining board pine for the draw sides and bottom). Most of the dimensioning and cutting was done on machinery, not by hand. There is a lot of sanding in it though, mostly by hand. The waves in the table top are multiple cove cuts on the TS. The knob is an old one from a drawer full of old handles in our workshop (rescued and polished up). The finish is two coats of a mix of 3/4 Danish Oil and 1/4 Minimax Wipe on Poly, wiped on with a rag then wiped off when tacky. Then a coat of furniture wax on top, buffed back.

    I am of course inordinately proud of it. Took me ages to get construction finished and then just as long to get around to the final finish. But I'm happy with it. Thankfully the faults don't show up well in the photos!
    Bob C.

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    Hi Poppa,

    Great work! Love the idea of the cove cuts on the top and the shaping reduces what could have been a too thick/heavy top for the legs!

    I like the design and love the handcut dovetails

    What did you think of the Course? Would you consider attending another?

    cheers
    Wendy

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    Nice workmanship Poppa, and good to see you thinking outside the square. I tried to imagine it with a flat top as you mentioned it would be pretty dull. Personally not convinced about the top, it limits the tables utility somewhat, but can't complain about the intent!! What about upending the top, so the dramatic curves are visible underneath, between the drawer or apron, and retain a flat top...just thinking aloud!

    Cheers
    Andy Mac
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    Wendy, I still attend Sturt every Monday night for the part time course. I love it. I'm now pretty independent, but it is still nice to have my teacher there to bounce ideas off and to show me how to do stuff that I can't work out myself.

    And you're right, the top would have been too heavy without the waves. That was exactly why I put them in. I sort of made a mistake by making the top slightly too narrow for the proportion of the table (another 7-10cm would have been good), so I started thinking about how to fix that without creating a new top. I was originally going to flatten the top between the two cove cuts, so that I had a curve up on either side of the table but a flat top between the two curves. But when I got as far as the two waves that are there, I liked it so much that I stopped. I lived with it like that for a couple of weeks to see if I really like it, and decided to leave it like that.

    AM, I agree that it would be more useful to have the flat top, because then it could have a lamp on it or something like that. But I can live without the function for the sake of the design. It speaks to me, and every time I look at it I like it more... I've also thought that if ever I want a flat top on it, I can rout the middle hump out. But I don't think I'll do that now.
    Bob C.

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    You could always mount a peice of glass on it, then also showing the interesting grain that that the cove cutouts produce.

    Donna

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    Thumbs up Poppa's table

    I like that a lot!! simple, elegant and beautifully made!!

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    I can just see the littlies playing cars on that top!

    Buzza.

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    I agree the table looks good.

    I can see it in a guest room with a towel rolled up in each hollow.

    Well done.
    Scally
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    Well done Poppa. Whilts debate on the top will continue, I like it.
    Bob

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