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Thread: A Shaker table for Mother's Day
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9th May 2010, 02:48 AM #1
A Shaker table for Mother's Day
The Shaker-style table is complete, just in time for Mother’s Day.
Lynndy wanted a table for her sewing machine. It needed to be high enough to sit at using a diningroom chair, large enough for the sewing machine, and compact enough to fit into a corner of a small spare room. The Shakers actually designed a sewing table, however I don’t think that they had in mind the use of a machine with it!
The overall dimensions are 30” high, 33” wide and 19” deep.
The wood is Jarrah, all of it salvaged from roof trusses and old floor boards, all very well seasoned, dry and almost brittle, which made it a challenge to handplane and turn on the lathe. The wood also was filled with voids where gum had dried and fallen out. I filled a few with black-tinted epoxy, but left most alone.
The finish is Organoil hard burnishing oil and wax, both buffed. It has left a soft, natural feel and look.
Before the top was oiled the colour match of the boards appeared better than this. The outer boards are a very attractive fiddleback Jarrah, which is difficult to see here ..
The ends are pinned breadboards ..
Here is a look at the detail around the pommel ..
And the turned legs (which do taper at the top and bottom) ..
I mentioned earlier that the wood was all salvage. From the outside all looks nice and clean, but when you look underneath and inside you will see that the boards are all different thicknesses – I used what I could the best way possible …
Thanks for looking ..
Regards from Perth
DerekVisit www.inthewoodshop.com for tutorials on constructing handtools, handtool reviews, and my trials and tribulations with furniture builds.
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9th May 2010, 04:05 AM #2
Nice work Derek, love those legs. You can see the fiddleback Jarrah in photo four.
You wouldn't know it was recycled timber, unless you peered underneath. Like the simplicity of the Shaker style.
Cheers
Pops
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9th May 2010, 08:39 AM #3
Very nice little table Derek, simple and stylish, very shaker. And the shakie egg beater drill at the back. (I have one too for those little jobs, funny, the battery is never flat) That will earn you some good points from your other half.
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9th May 2010, 08:53 AM #4
Very nice table Derek
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9th May 2010, 09:49 AM #5
Very nice table Derek. I love the design
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9th May 2010, 09:57 AM #6
Well done! I like the leg transition from square to round.
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Regards, Woodwould.
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9th May 2010, 12:15 PM #7
Nice work Derek.
I understand what you say about very dry timber , we did a job one time where the customer supplied dry red wood, the problem it was too dry for what he wanted as he gave me a drawing with a lot of detail. When you tried to turn it it would chip out or break away, he finished up with a plain set of legs like the shaker style.Jim Carroll
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9th May 2010, 06:15 PM #8
Nice traditional build. Don't see much shaker work on here.
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9th May 2010, 06:54 PM #9
Looks good Derek
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