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3rd November 2006, 04:14 PM #1
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Blackwood writing table
Inlay comprises Indian Rosewood, Huon Pine and Rock Maple strips. Drawer pulls Indian Rosewood. Started 22 June 2006 and finished today. Phew!
Drawers designed to take a laptop computer.
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3rd November 2006, 04:28 PM #2
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Super job Ozeb!
I just love Blackwood, and that desk is VERY nice!
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3rd November 2006, 04:28 PM #3
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Hi Ozeb,
Nice work on the table, inlay esp. looks good, and I like the tapering leg profile!
Cheers,Andy Mac
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3rd November 2006, 04:30 PM #4
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hi ozeb
this is certainly one great looking table.what finish do you intend using? love the banding. home made? what a great sense of satisfaction you'll have when you sit down to use your computer.
cheers wardy
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3rd November 2006, 04:40 PM #5
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Great looking table, nice timber and the inlay looks great
when i saw the title i was going to ask who wrote these days
Originally Posted by ozeb
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3rd November 2006, 04:49 PM #6
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Inlay home made. See photo of it being sawn up into slices. The thin rock maple (the bread of the sandwich) was thicknessed to 1mm on my planer/thicknesser by glueing each end to a base of particle board. I have a mill/drill which is great for machining the blocks of Indian Rosewood and Huon.
Top finished with Cabots Gelclear with Danish Oil on top rubbed with steel wool. The rest just has Danish Oil. I'm not that confident with finishing and would love to get my hands on some wiping polyurethane! However, I'm fairly happy with the result so long as I don't look at reflections in the top (which my wife does).
Drawer bottoms 3/8" blackwood. Drawer slides 1/4"x1/4" solid brass. I tried commercial nylon slides but they were worse than useless. The fancy ones used in kitchen drawers don't look right for this.
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3rd November 2006, 05:02 PM #7
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wow. really nice inlay mate. excellent table, hope it lasts for many many years.
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3rd November 2006, 05:32 PM #8
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great job mate well done
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3rd November 2006, 05:44 PM #9
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Beautiful job, Ozeb.
Regards,
Rob
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3rd November 2006, 06:23 PM #10
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3rd November 2006, 06:44 PM #11
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Thanks for the nice feedback guys. Unfortunately for me, it is a gift to my goddaughter and so I will not get to enjoy it, except in the giving! Originally Posted by Wardy
hi ozeb
this is certainly one great looking table.what finish do you intend using? love the banding. home made? what a great sense of satisfaction you'll have when you sit down to use your computer.
cheers wardy
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3rd November 2006, 07:00 PM #12
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Of course you will. When you visit, you will have to spend time reading the forum, so just borrow her laptop - you know where she keeps it Originally Posted by ozeb
It is a really great table. I was interested to see you cut the inlays by hand - is there a specific reason for that?
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3rd November 2006, 07:12 PM #13
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I don't have a bandsaw or fretsaw. I used a Japanese saw with a fine kerf. My workshop is half a double garage and the major machinery is a metal lathe, a mill/drill and a planer thicknesser. No saw bench, just a jigsaw. Not much room for anything else. Originally Posted by Trifid
Of course you will. When you visit, you will have to spend time reading the forum, so just borrow her laptop - you know where she keeps it
It is a really great table. I was interested to see you cut the inlays by hand - is there a specific reason for that?
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4th November 2006, 08:34 PM #14
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Beautiful work Ozeb especially with so few tools!
Oh and a late "welcome to the forum"
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5th November 2006, 07:29 PM #15
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that is a great looking table, love the inlay work.
all you need to do now is make the lucky lass a chair to go with ityou never stop learning, till the day they shovel dirt on your face
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