Thread: ironwood verandah table

the pieces that i used for the top had a couple of splits in them, which were orientated on opposite ends of the top, i cut dovetails out of some beefwood (i thought this would contrast a bit more with the ironwood than what i has ). the cracks were filled with International ht9000 Attachment 27221Attachment 27223
the orange pic was taken with flash.

i was a bit worried about the strength of the legs mitered together, they have proven ok so far. they have about 9 dowels holding each one to the upright, and also i routed a slot on the back to take a 1/2" stainless bolt. this was also filled with ht9000.
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stainless bolts were also used to attach the top to the leg uprights, the top needs to be able to come off to move the table, because of the weight factor

Very nice table Ironwood. Nicely done dovetails for the cracks!

my wife wanted wedges like these, used to hold the brace between the two legs (cant think of proper name at the moment). the mortices were made by drilling a few holes then chopping out with some large old socketed mortice chisels i picked up at the rockhampton swap meet last year.
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overall i am happy with the outcome, though i dont think i would build another table with the mitered legs like this one, i think i would go with the more traditional style trestle leg.time will tell if this leg design holds up to the rigours of life. the glue used for construction was International epiglue

thanks Steve, missed your reply while i was typing the last installment

Ahh - so that's what Ironwood looks like. Nice. You've made an excallent piece there mate.

Interesting use of a mitre to join the legs. Non-traditional, but why not, if they hold up, which they certainly should with all those dowels and bolts for support. Those wedged tenons, BTW, are called 'tusk tenons'.

Originally Posted by TassieKiwi

Ahh - so that's what Ironwood looks like. Nice. You've made an excallent piece there mate.

Tassie, thats what Cooktown Ironwood looks like, not to be cofused with the Desert Ironwood (not sure if they are related) that was pictured recently in the form of some pistol grips (nice wood). The Cooktown Ironwood is a very hard and durable timber (which is why Terry Gordon makes his planes out of it, i guess) , for all the difficulties involved in working it, the rewards in the finished results make it all worth it IMHO anyway

Originally Posted by zenwood

Interesting use of a mitre to join the legs. Non-traditional, but why not, if they hold up, which they certainly should with all those dowels and bolts for support. Those wedged tenons, BTW, are called 'tusk tenons'.

Zenwood, the mitre design i eventually used, was chosen out of about 20 variations of ways to support the main leg upright, that i had drawn up. I spent many hours contemplating on how it would work (and survive). I suppose like all things, you dont know if you dont try. so in the end I just did it.
I will have to put tusk tenons into the memory bank, and hope it stays there, Thanks

I was just reading this old thread and thought I would comment on the leg design.

The legs are holding up to normal use without any problems.
The kangaroo's get up on it every night and put a few light scratches in the top, but they would polish out easily.

I still would't use the same design for the legs again, as I stated earlier. But I am not unhappy with them.

My wife said it was to nice to be outside, I agree. Lovely work.

Thanks Pete, I made this one to go out on the verandah, and finished it to withstand the rigours of living out there. It matches the benches I built out there as well, see them here - https://www.woodworkforums.com/f40/ne...benches-37935/

The Adeze has held up very well, except for the odd light scratch, it looks as good as the day I finished it.

Nice work on the table Ironwood .. and kangaroo tested for strength .. would be happy to have that on my verandah

Good to hear it can survive the wild life

What is this Adeze you speak of? Haven't heard of that one.

Originally Posted by DJ's Timber

Good to hear it can survive the wild life

What is this Adeze you speak of? Haven't heard of that one.

The wildlife gives everything a workout around here, the Kangaroo's even used to get up on my roof at night, they make a bit of noise on a tin roof .
I had to cut the trees down that were too close to the house to stop the buggers.

Adeze used to be made by "Toby", then it seemed that "Orica" took it over.

I havent used it for quite a while, so I dont know what's going on with it now , Google doesnt seem to be too helpful finding it.

DGI use (or used) it on their benchtops.

This is the same stuff here-
Dale Glass Industries - Polyurethane

Here is a MSDS sheet from Orica for the product
MSDS PAGE: CAS 123-86-4 54839-24-6 4083-64-1 584-84-9 MSDS msds_orica_com---shess-en-cds-010-000000020185.asp

It is a damn good 2-pack finish, I hope it is still available.