Thread: WIP Rimu Coffee table

Originally Posted by Christos

Does that mean you are now going to distress the timber? After all the work you have placed in removing the original distress.

Looks very nice waiting for the final finish.

I should have just filled all the holes with black epoxy, would have looked spectacularly distressed

Just been to see my father-in-law to pick it up.
It seems its not just too tall, but a bit big for their lounge and liking.

Right now I am weighing up the options, trim this one down, or sell it and start from scratch?

It would seem a waste to cut it down, but its more of a waste for the table to sit in the spare room and not be used

Bugger - after all that effort.Do you have many outlets that you could sell through?
Been a good experience though

I could throw it on Trademe (nz version of Ebay), flick it on for a couple of hundred bucks. Better than a kick in the pants

Not sure.

Right now im going to start stripping boards ready for my next project, my bedroom suite.
I've been promising to do it, and now the wife has got catalogues out looking at nasty Phillipine's pine creations from the bargain furniture stores.

If I dont show her some progress, she will buy it and make me cry

Originally Posted by sidewz

... and now the wife has got catalogues out looking at nasty Phillipine's pine creations from the bargain furniture stores.

If I dont show her some progress, she will buy it and make me cry

Now that is a dirty trick from SWMBO

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

Now that is a dirty trick from SWMBO

Yair! Women are like that. "Can you make this, not right now" # days later "When are you going to make that "thing""? NExt day I can get this at XYZ for $$$ let's go!!""

Ok, im on to the finishing now.

I found a buyer, and he wanted it oiled, so i'm finishing with Briwax Danish oil.
First coat on and dry now.

I had a new crack appear after it spent 2-3 days sitting in my station wagon in the sun, undergoing some extreme temperature changes .
A few pocket hole screws and a bit of glue and it should be right as rain.
Ah the joys of using old timber

Colour is nice, albeit a bit darker than hoped, but thats the oil finish.

Cheers
Dave

Great job Sidewiz and nice colour in that recycled wood .
Years ago I made a kitchen with Rimu doors . Great colour but the b@#&*y stuff moved all over the place . Similar to radiata pine

Nice to see the finish item and now you are back on par to make one for the in-laws.

Originally Posted by Peter36

Great job Sidewiz and nice colour in that recycled wood .
Years ago I made a kitchen with Rimu doors . Great colour but the b@#&*y stuff moved all over the place . Similar to radiata pine

Thanks Peter,
Yep, rimu can move quite a lot.
Even these old barge boards , which are probably older than me, moved a heap once the paint came off them, and more once they went through the thicknesser

One leg is 5mm longer than the others to compensate for the racking in the laminated top

All done

4 coats of Danish oil, and now its sitting in the spare room curing for a week until it goes to its new home.

Now I can really get into my next project

good work has come up very nice

pappy