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  1. 11th December 2009, 09:35 AM #1
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    Finished at last Oregon recycled Coffee Table for our expanding family use, grandies can be safe in knowing Nanna & pop won't mind the slip of texta, colour pencils, spilt drinks.

    This has been a nightmare to make with top cupping and a few minor annoyances.

    Thanks goes to Fletty for the hard yakka dressing and book leaf of timber, cutting the haunched mortice & tenons

    To fix the cupping I wet the top and had it clamped down for almost a week, made a frame to go under and support across x 2, its as flat as its ever going to be. Lost count of coats of WOP.

    Size 1100 x 450 w x 420 h
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  3. 11th December 2009, 10:04 AM #2
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    Nice one wheelin'! Looks like it is just the right width for the kiddies to be one either side of it. Glad to hear you beat it into submission.

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  4. 11th December 2009, 10:15 AM #3
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    Nice one Ray! Looks good. Agree with RustyWendy - Good to hear you beat it into submission!

    Lovely to have the grandkids floating about

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    Well done Ray, I knew you wouldn't' let it beat you. Looks great mate.
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    Ray that is a good looking table. Well done mate.
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    Good one Ray, Well done mate.
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    Looks great and a super finish.
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    Hey Ray, I like it, I like it alot. Looks good and serviceable. Whats wop?- polyurathene or 2 pack? That nice tight joint is good and I guess there'd be no shrinkage problems. The reason I'm saying that is I built a bar for myself once,-about 2.5 mtrs long and about 500 mm wide using ordinary f 5 pine varying from 90 x 35 to 140 x 35 and 190 x 35.all in 500 mm lengths.These were screwed and glued from the underside onto 70 x 35 rails which were then hidden by a front of 12mm v jointed t&g boards. Hey it looked great..for a few months and then I was amazed at the shrinkage and no glue or screw was gonna hold it back,- there were 2mm gaps everywhere. Being iggerunt I thought being kiln dried would mean no shrinkage,- yair right.. I am a very experienced carpenter but I slipped up badly there. But it could be worse, I could have made it in Rustic Wendys workshop, I reckon the whip would have been pulled out then, ooh the pain. No offence intended ..Lenco.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lenco View Post
    Hey Ray, I like it, I like it alot. Looks good and serviceable. Whats wop?- polyurathene or 2 pack? That nice tight joint is good and I guess there'd be no shrinkage problems. The reason I'm saying that is I built a bar for myself once,-about 2.5 mtrs long and about 500 mm wide using ordinary f 5 pine varying from 90 x 35 to 140 x 35 and 190 x 35.all in 500 mm lengths.These were screwed and glued from the underside onto 70 x 35 rails which were then hidden by a front of 12mm v jointed t&g boards. Hey it looked great..for a few months and then I was amazed at the shrinkage and no glue or screw was gonna hold it back,- there were 2mm gaps everywhere. Being iggerunt I thought being kiln dried would mean no shrinkage,- yair right.. I am a very experienced carpenter but I slipped up badly there. But it could be worse, I could have made it in Rustic Wendys workshop, I reckon the whip would have been pulled out then, ooh the pain. No offence intended ..Lenco.

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    Well with this table and what its been through Roughly Rustic we won't mind
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    Know the feeling, I had a table I was doing as a favour for a neighbour out of recycled hardwood. Looked good in the end but there were times I wished I had not started it.
    Your table looks good, a credit to you.
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    I admire your persistence.

    Well done.

    You will enjoy using that coffee table.
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