Thread: Sofa table

Hello Derek

I suppose I should say what a nice piece you have made. But I won't.

I think that would be an understatement. It has delightful lines and looks great, especially with the boat table type top.

Well done.

Regards

Great.

Another great looking table Nothing but the best

My thanks to you all for your kind words.

My aim with this table was to make it appear to be floating. I think I managed this.

While it is a light-looking table, it is really very solid and quite heavy. Blackbutt and Jarrah are extremely dense timbers. I wasn't aware that Blackbutt was used for telephone poles but I can believe it! It makes good flooring. For furniture it is hard work, however, if one can get past the few knots and deal with the constant threat of tearout from the reversing grain, it has a soft, subtle figure that is attractive.

The challenge was to basically build the table with one bench plane, the LV BU Jointer. I used this to flatten, joint and smooth all the timber. Terrific plane. Two blades (HA and LA) and I did both face- and end grain. Anyway, more of this later when I complete the review. Thanks again.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Very appealing table, Derek. As you say, it looks very light, and yet very sturdy.

I've never worked Blackbutt, but it sounds like a bit of mahogany I was trying to plane recently: grain reversing direction each 10mm or so, and almost converted me to sandpaper.:eek: Why did I think mahogany would be a nice timber to work?