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  1. 22nd August 2005, 10:42 PM #1
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    Default Blackwood, Glass and Steel Dining Table

    Hi ...... you may remember this table from such memorable posts as .....
    Stupid Question ... Please No Stupid Answer , Biscuit joining options or Glass supports.

    Well after about 3 years it is finally complete.

    Quick facts:
    1100x1800
    Blackwood.
    Organoil hard burnishing oil ...... then traditional wax applied with a swansdown mop.
    6mm laminated toughened glass ($562.00).
    Steel ..... spray painted with a chrome paint (supercheap auto)

    Design: I’m embarrassed to say that it is a copy of a store table. I really should be able to come up with an original design. The Stinkette liked the design but we wanted the table to be much bigger. The store table is about 900x1200.

    Home made approx total $750
    Store excluding solid Blackwood legs and much smaller $799.
    I told the Stinkette I could do it cheaper than the store bought.
    No new tools unfortunately.

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    The timber came from forum member Tasman via Sydney thanks to Len McCarthy due to being stuffed around by the transport company. Thanks must go to both Tasman and Len for getting the timber to me.

    Please go gentle ..... It’s the first project I have posted.
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  3. 22nd August 2005, 10:48 PM #2
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    DUDE!! :eek:

    Well done.
    Im almost expecting the half naked chick off them sick adds from tele to be lying on the table top.

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  4. 22nd August 2005, 10:50 PM #3
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    Pushed her off to get the table runner on
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    That's great. recently i saw one the same in a furniture store when we were looking for a new didng table. I thought at the time that it was fairly simple but very striking and considered giving it a go. I didn't however, I chickened out.

    Well done, it looks ripper-grouse.
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    Excellent. I really like it.
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    Fantastic. Well done. You should be able to pull the "well that took a long time... it would have been done in a month if I had...."
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    Default Gently Gently....

    Love the table. It is well worth the wait!

    cheers

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  9. 22nd August 2005, 11:25 PM #8
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    Hi Stinka, excellent job, nice and minimal. What is holding the two end's together? Is it just those two steel rail's that are rebated into the timber?
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  10. 22nd August 2005, 11:34 PM #9
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    martrix .... I am not sure how it was done in the shop but it was as wobbly as anything.It could have been poor design or poor assembily.

    To overcome this I have rebated the rails in .... I was hoping for a really tight friction fit but I didn't think it would be stable enough.

    After nights thinking about it from everything from glue to magnets I finally welded two 3mm threaded rods onto each end of the rail. Drilled through the rebated area and then countersunk from below.

    Now I have two threaded rod connections on each rebate and it doesn't move an inch. I was worried about how to weld the threaded rod in exactly the same spot for all four ends of the rails .... a quick jig fixed that.
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    My style of furniture, love steel with timber, great job, nice and clean, would have been good to use stainless rails? 6 x $$$,
    Well done.

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    Nice work stinky.
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    Stunning work Stinkalot
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    Nice effort, SS.

    I'm particularly impressed with the level of perfection you have gone for. Good one.

    As we all know, it's pretty basic and simple knocking up rustic/ratsh!t looking furniture, but this contemporary stuff is a completely different kettle of fish.

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  15. 23rd August 2005, 07:56 AM #14
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    Sir S,

    I like your solution to the problem of how to brace the legs, but was surprised that you used 3 mm threaded rod rather than 1/4". It seems to me that 3 mm rod would not withstand a determined drunk lurching against the end of the table.

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