New dining table by a furniture noob

**pykie87** · 20th August 2013, 11:17 PM

Hi guys, Chris here.

Just finish building my first home, I'm a carpenter by trade (by that, a builder rather than a furniture maker), was working on a job in a relatively posh area of Melbourne, it had a custom timber furniture store next door to the job. I saw an absolutely beautiful Vic Ash solid timber dining table on display.

I went inside, and the owner told me the table retails for $9,000, so I decided to try and replicate the table. The owner rather than being a hassle, was fantastic, let me measure it, told me the little secrets about some strengthening parts of it, told me they used two 50mm peices glued ontop, then cnc thicknessed (he even gave me the address they outsourced this too) it down to about 75mm thick edge after sanding.

It has an oil finish from a special type of oil that they import from germany, he offered to sell me a tin for $30, and had a medium/light feature through it. (Will post some pics when I get back there!)

Basically, I wanted to try and pick the brain of some of those more experienced in here. in regards to the resin/oil finish. As well as some of the sanding techniques etc they would of likely done?

I'm thinking of gluing the top and leg components and outsourcing it to the same company to cut and plane (do you think they would cnc round the edges at the same time?), Basically I'm a novice when it comes to finising fine furniture.

Atm I have a Festool Rotex 150 which I was planning on using on the project. Sanding it back to 400 grit on the top, and 800 on the end grain (this sufficient for an oil finish?)

But my main question was regarding the technique involved for the resin filled knots and veins, and then the oil top finish. I assume you can't sand resin? Or is there a way to rebuff it so it is crystal clear when you do your finish oil coat? This was the part I was really only unsure on as I've never done it. Filling the cracks with the resin is fine, but unsure on how you get them flat? Sand, scrape?

Some held from some seasoned pro's would be great

**dhubilant** · 21st August 2013, 10:55 AM

IMG_0131.jpgHi Pykie, an expert I am not, however I have done a fair amount of resin filling of large cracks , veins and Knots, I usually tape (masking tape) the underside of the timber then simply pour the resin into the crack until just over full, (if a very large crack needs filling I would do it in two applications to avoid resin cracking) then sand back flush with sander, from here on I treat it as I would the rest of the timber sanding to 400 grit, this will polish up to a mirror finish, I have some pics on this site of a Jarrah outdoor table and bar, one I have uploaded will give you an idea of the finish, hope this helps.
Cheers Glenn.

**kiwiatgundy** · 27th August 2013, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by dhubilant

IMG_0131.jpgHi Pykie, an expert I am not, however I have done a fair amount of resin filling of large cracks , veins and Knots, I usually tape (masking tape) the underside of the timber then simply pour the resin into the crack until just over full, (if a very large crack needs filling I would do it in two applications to avoid resin cracking) then sand back flush with sander, from here on I treat it as I would the rest of the timber sanding to 400 grit, this will polish up to a mirror finish, I have some pics on this site of a Jarrah outdoor table and bar, one I have uploaded will give you an idea of the finish, hope this helps.
Cheers Glenn.

Hi Glenn, love the finish. What did you use?

**dhubilant** · 31st August 2013, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by kiwiatgundy

Hi Glenn, love the finish. What did you use?

Glasscoat!

**Trav** · 5th September 2013, 10:27 PM

Originally Posted by dhubilant

IMG_0131.jpgHi Pykie, an expert I am not, however I have done a fair amount of resin filling of large cracks , veins and Knots, I usually tape (masking tape) the underside of the timber then simply pour the resin into the crack until just over full, (if a very large crack needs filling I would do it in two applications to avoid resin cracking) then sand back flush with sander, from here on I treat it as I would the rest of the timber sanding to 400 grit, this will polish up to a mirror finish, I have some pics on this site of a Jarrah outdoor table and bar, one I have uploaded will give you an idea of the finish, hope this helps.
Cheers Glenn.

I've done the same. You can buy the resin at bunnings. Is pretty simple.

Trav

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