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15th May 2007, 11:48 PM #1
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side table for the mother-in-law
In between other projects, my father and I built this table for my mother in law.
SWMBO was particularly stoked as she couldn't find a Mother's Day gift for her mum.
The design is based on a table by Simon Watts in the August 2006 issue of Woodwork.
The top and legs are recycled mahogany from a dining table that had lost its legs. The stretchers are bent laminations, again in mahogany.
A very special thank you to another Sydney forumite Eddie_the_Eagle for giving me the mahogany.
ianLast edited by ian; 15th May 2007 at 11:51 PM. Reason: to get Eddie's name right
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15th May 2007, 11:56 PM #2
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Nice work, what is the finish?
Great to hear about the father and son team.- Wood Borer
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16th May 2007, 09:30 AM #3
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Lovely design! What was the mahogany like to work with? Did you notice a difference between heartwood and wood closer to the outside (not sapwood though)?
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16th May 2007, 07:53 PM #4
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16th May 2007, 09:28 PM #5
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Saw the thread title & thought - "Good swap"
Very nice work, Ian
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16th May 2007, 11:23 PM #6
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I got a chair for my MIL
Just kidding. I do actually like my MIL. It's just that I like MIL jokes as well.
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17th May 2007, 12:07 AM #7
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Thanks everyone for the kind words
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Originally Posted by Wood Borer
Wendy, the mahogany was very nice to work, not quite as easy as Aussie Red Cedar(Toona austalia) but much, much easier than Tassie Oak. Dad and I both found the sanding dust to be bit of an irritant, one timber where you really want to minimise the amount of hand sanding — the Festo sander and vac were a godsend. Originally Posted by rufflyrustic
when I glued up the top I the joined edge was either heartwood to heartwood or the other way round so most of the shaping would have been in one or the other — but I don't know which.
ian
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