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  1. 27th May 2009, 08:39 PM #1
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    Default Small Red Gum Slab Occasional Table.

    A little Red Gum slab was given to me to make an occasional table. The woman wanted something a little different than the standard 4 corner legs/rail combination. The colour of the top varied with the heart and sapwood, so I decided to continue the multi colour theme that I used on my Hall Table that was previously posted, and blend in some creamy/brown timbers for the slats (the colour of the sapwood) I also had the edges of the sapwood lightly sandblasted

    The legs are Red Gum, top rails are Amoora, bottom rails are African Rosewood, and bottom stretcher is Nyata. And the slats are a mix of Blackwood, Cherry, American Beech, Cinnamon wood, Burmese Rosewood and Blackheart Sassafras. Im more than happy how it turned out Would love to keep it

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  3. 27th May 2009, 09:04 PM #2
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    Very nice Lig, love that Redgum top.
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    Lignum, good looking table. One question, how is the top attached to the base? Pins, buttons, screwed, dowel or none.

    I am asking this as I have been "volunteered" to make Redgum slab coffee table for the Step daughter and am wondering what is the current "best" method. No use saying Domino as I haven't got one and as I turn mostly now cannot justify it to myself for this one job and Wongo won't lend me his
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  5. 27th May 2009, 09:47 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pat View Post
    Lignum, good looking table. One question, how is the top attached to the base? Pins, buttons, screwed, dowel or none...... No use saying Domino as I haven't got one and as I turn mostly now cannot justify it to myself for this one job and Wongo won't lend me his
    Pat the Domino done it.

    You can see the Domino mortises on the rails ready to take some buttons. (A router will do the same) and the slats also fit into the large 10mm Domino mortises. Having said that, I give you permission to borrow Wongos Domino.

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  6. 27th May 2009, 09:53 PM #5
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    Love the table Lignum
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  7. 27th May 2009, 10:30 PM #6
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    Nice work Lignum. Certainly putting that domino to some good use.
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    Very nice table there Lignum. The red gum top has echoes of a Salvador Dali. I'm interested to know what finish you use?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Waldo View Post
    Very nice table there Lignum. The red gum top has echoes of a Salvador Dali. I'm interested to know what finish you use?
    Strange you should say that. Im a bit of a fan of Dalis work and this did remind me of Melting Time in a weird way . Not sure if it was my sub conscious doing the work, but I used an aggressive belt on the sander and cleaned it up with random orb, I took of 20-30mm on the underside (the yellow lines) and about 15mm on the top of the edge (red line) I went for the folded down look over the leg.

    Finish is 2 coats of Wattyl Scandinavian oil to bring out the curl and feature, let it dry for 2 days and sprayed with 3 coats of Ameron single pack lacquer.

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    Thanks.
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    Nice base, Lig. - an inspired move to make it match the angled slab.
    This is a much happier result of a marriage between decent joinery & ruff stuff than most I've seen.

    (From an avid non-lover of slab furniture).

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    Quote Originally Posted by IanW View Post
    (From an avid non-lover of slab furniture).
    Ian im the same Normally I can’t stand slab furniture. George Nakashima was the exception. I loved his work. Below is a better pic of the slab.

    It looks like an unhappy Herman Munster

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    Lignum, That is one fantastic looking piece of furniture. Really inspiring.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lignum View Post
    It looks like an unhappy Herman Munster
    You're right - even without the extra artwork.

    Yeah, well - I did some commissions in my brief 'professional' w'working careeer that I would rather have not touched. But he who pays the piper calls the tune, as my dad used to say.
    I think you've done a good job of it, though. It could have been "Fred Flintstone meets Greene & Greene" , but you've made it work. Enough 'real' joinery to show there was a bit of skill used in the job.

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    Very nice design and execution, agree with Ian's comments it can be hard to know how to match the joinery to a rough slab but it looks like you've done a great job here .
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