Thread: My Dinning Table!

First think I noticed was all that space in the workshop

Love the table, do show us an image in the finished state - distressing included.

Gordon, here she is in its present home, you can see the kind and loving treatment it gets. The lazy susan (why are they called lazy susans?) is from hoop pine and what we call sally wattle. Someone may be able to enlighten me as to its other names.
But it is the first piece of timber that I have taken from tree to finished artical. The tree came down in a neighbours yard, about 600dia. I slabed it up with an old 090 last september.
I am looking forward to using the rest of it.
And yes I have just a little room in the wookshop. will post pic's if you like.

Michael,

It sure is getting some good use. And I would love to see the extent of the 'shed'.

With regards to Lazy Susans, this is the only reference I could find:

(from http://oregonoakfurniture.com/html/lazy_susans_.html)

Have you ever wondered where the term “Lazy Susan” came about? Well, according to the Word Detective, here is one possibility.
What we call a "Lazy Susan," a revolving serving tray usually used to dispense condiments or appetizers, was originally called a "dumbwaiter." Although the device itself dates back to at least the mid-eighteenth century, the name "Lazy Susan" cannot be verified earlier than about 1917. Many authorities recount the theory that the "Susan" was simply a common maid's name, and that the term "lazy Susan" applied to this self-service gadget was a sardonic reference to the supposed sloth of household servants. If this theory is true, it remains to be explained why the term was unknown in the 1700's, when servants were common, but suddenly appeared in the early 20th century, when they were not.

A more likely source for the term may be some anonymous advertising copywriter, using the repetition of the "z" sound in "Lazy" and "Susan" to invent a memorable term for a prosaic appliance, and perhaps even inventing the "lazy servant" story to boot. By the way, the English still call these doo-dads "dumbwaiters," a term that we in the U.S. now apply to the small food-service elevators found in very large houses and hotels.

Gordon.

Hi Michael,

Love the table. Danish oil looks like a good choice of finish. Interesting use for the lazy susan as a toddler's playground. I can see that the distressed look will not be far in coming at that rate.

I have to agree with Gordon. That appears to be one HUGE shed. It also seems to be too tidy for me. However, if I had a shed that size I could probably make mine tidy also.

Please post more shed piccies so we can all gratify our SES (Shed envy syndrome) and TES(Tool envy syndrome).

Good Grief, Gordon.

Ken Dodd actually said something intelligible?!?

Well diddle-me-diddymen.