Dining Table

**jakkooll** · 29th February 2012, 09:39 PM

All, my first post in this extensive and very informative forum. My wife and I saw this magnificent table that we fell in love with. Unfotrunately outside our budget, however, I've always been handy with wood from a young age, although for the last 15 years I have not pursued it as a hobby. I am looking to start again, however, would like to focus in rustic hand-made furniture.
This would be a great project to make a start with.

I would like your opinion on the following;

1. What kind of wood is this?
2. What sort of finish is this?
3. How is the distressed look created?

Any further comments/information very welcome

**Christos** · 29th February 2012, 11:21 PM

Welcome to the forum. Not able to help with the questions but sure someone will come along to assist.

**Big_Easy** · 4th March 2012, 08:54 PM

Welcome to the forum...
A lot of time 'distressed' finish is actually created by finishing the sanding process as normal (cycle through grits down to at least 240/320) and then actually (and this will feel weird and you'd probably want to have some test runs) attack it with an angle grinder with a flap disc or actually a metal disc, to remake the grooves...
Not sure what the timber in the photo is though...
Have a search on the forums for 'distressed' finish...I'm sure there's some people here who will have done the same and have personal stories and learnings for you.
Enjoy!

Big_Easy

**Polski** · 4th April 2012, 09:47 PM

G'day Jak, don't know if you're still after some help here, a bit hard to tell, but it looks a bit blackwoody,
or maybe some kind of oak.
Knowing where it was made may help a bit.
It looks unfinished and to me only looks distressed due to it having a bit of age on it without a finish.

If you're looking at doing a parquet table, you could presand the pieces, and slightly ariss the edge before
you put it together.
I haven't made a table like that before, but I'm guessing the simplest way would be to glue the pieces to a
good flat bit of 18-25 mm ply.

you could then run your sander or hand sand with very fine paper to leave a bit of the unevenness

Danish oil and wax would be a good finish, even using a patinating dark wax in the end to get an aged look.
If you want a really authentic old look, there's a place called Salvage in Brisbane where you can buy salvaged french oak parquetry panels to use as flooring or table tops etc.

Feel free to PM if you need any other input.
Good luck with it .
Cheers,
Polski

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