Thread: A brace of Walnut tilt-top tables

A lovely job and nicely burnished too!

Most period multiple turnings I've seen aren't closely matched at all, so I wouldn't worry if you can see small variations. I had a very expensive c.1690 gateleg table years ago and two of the six legs were missing beads.

Originally Posted by Woodwould

and nicely burnished too! .

Picked the tip up from you WW. Used some shavings to burnish. It works amazingly well.
Cheers,
Jim

Originally Posted by jimbur

Picked the tip up from you WW. Used some shavings to burnish. It works amazingly well.
Cheers,
Jim

Would you mind emailing Mrs. Wood please and telling her that I do have my uses – occasionally?

Originally Posted by Woodwould

Would you mind emailing Mrs. Wood please and telling her that I do have my uses – occasionally?

I'm sure she knows what a fine member of the human race she has around the house; a non pareil in fact.
Cheers,
Jim

Originally Posted by jimbur

I'm sure she knows what a fine member of the human race she has around the house; a non pareil in fact.
Cheers,
Jim

The dog only thinks she's human!

Originally Posted by Woodwould

The dog only thinks she's human!

Never trust a dog. They're full of mendacity and delight in leading you astray.
Cheers,
Jim

Originally Posted by jimbur

Never trust a dog. They're full of mendacity and delight in leading you astray.
Cheers,
Jim

That explains it! My first wife was a bitch.

Originally Posted by Peter36

Nothing wrong with a little variation. If they matched perfectly people might think they were done with a copying attachment.

Next year i want to make a hall stand which will require about 12 or so matching spindles about 50mm long and I have not done any woodturning Steep learing curve coming up

For a moment I thought you were going to write 'I want to make a hallway', and was expecting rows of bannisters! The 'stand sounds interesting.

Dropped the birdcage spindles off with BD together with a turned top and picked up some black walnut for the second set of spindles.
cheers,
Jim

Is that boy of yours doing any of the work on these tables?

Originally Posted by Woodwould

Is that boy of yours doing any of the work on these tables?

As little as possible, or is that called project management? Although I did cut the Walnut into dinky lengths for the second set o'spindles!

Originally Posted by Woodwould

Is that boy of yours doing any of the work on these tables?

I did notice three and a half legs in various stages. Can't complain or I would have to work faster.
Cheers,
Jim

Originally Posted by Blue-deviled

With a slight change of plan for one of the tops, I glued up some Elm. Having left a little too much thickness to allow for woof during jointing, the round was too thick, so I gave it a good gouging to get it down to size. The edge oysters are now on, and I hope to get the top oyster veneer started tomorrow.

BD - Would you mind telling me how thick your oyster veneer segments are ,what type of glue you used and how you clamped them while the glue set .
I have been gluing some end grain tiles 2.5mm thick (oysters I guess) using horse sauce and they cup a lot .

Cheers

Originally Posted by Peter36

BD - Would you mind telling me how thick your oyster veneer segments are ,what type of glue you used and how you clamped them while the glue set .
I have been gluing some end grain tiles 2.5mm thick (oysters I guess) using horse sauce and they cup a lot .

Cheers

The oysters I stuck on the edge were about that thickness too (the top ones are about 3.2mm). I made sure the cupping was working in my favour with extra size on the outside face, and for ones that were playing up, after re-sizing the outside, I just left them on the roof of the car (when it was in the sun) for a few minutes. Some stuck perfectly on their own, and I just added some masking tape to keep them steady while drying. The more bolshie oysters were clamped with a piece of Poplar cut to the correct curve. I'm using 'Tsar Bond' - old Soviet era horse sauce that I have a supply of. It's fairly sticky, and a I often wander in from the shed with an odd oyster attached to my fingers!

cheers,
B-D