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  1. 29th March 2006, 11:27 AM #1
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    Default [WIP] Display Tables

    For my second attempt at furniture making I decided to make a pair of display tables.

    Pictured is one of them in its intended position so I could gauge proportions etc.

    (Oh, the top is just temporary, I mangled it trying to do sliding dovetails for the breadboard ends with a hand-held router... *sigh* tops version 2.0 are going to have plain old tongue and groovey type ends )
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  3. 29th March 2006, 08:03 PM #2
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    Looking bloody good so far Scissors!!

    What finish do you intend to use?
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    Thanks! I am sort of undecided on the finish... on one hand I want to use shellac and wax but on the other hand I want to give wipe-on poly a try since I have never used it, I think I might put the butchered v1.0 tops to good use and use them to test both finishes.
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    Oops, I finished these a while back, but have been busy and I forgot about this thread. Here is the end result; nothing spectacular, but simple and I am reasonably happy with them. Jarrah finished with white shellac and wax.
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    Mmmmm, Jarrah ...... Yum!!!!

    The two tables look great Scissors!

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    Very elegant looking tables - nice job Scissors. Persist with the sliding dovetails - you will get there and they do look great!
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    Nice, simple, elegant. All in all, job well done.
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    Vey nice Scissors!

    Oh! the woes of electrickery routers when trying fine joinery

    Sliding DTs aren't all that hard by hand (actually, after some similarly nasty experiences with a tailed router, I now try the hand cut method first. However, I do try and make this joint first so I don't waste a lot of time with the other elements when the SD/T goes wonky on me
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    Nice work, Scissors.

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    Very nice work
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    Elegant tables scissors. What timber did you use ?

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