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nice work.

awesome piece of work:2tsup:

great work John:2tsup:

Glasscoat!

Great attention to detail, great work.
Cheers Glenn.

where can I view the pics of the challenge? the links will not let me open them!

Great work Raav:2tsup:

281904Hi Pykie, an expert I am not, however I have done a fair amount of resin filling of large cracks , veins and Knots, I usually tape (masking tape) the underside of the timber then simply pour...

Yep, gotta love the Jarrah, nice piece:2tsup:

Great work, I would love to see some more pics and the finished item.:2tsup:

In Awe as usuall David, great work to enjoy for us all!

many hours enjoying this one to come, well done, looks great

amazing stuff with a chainsaw, very tallented!

Great piece of work whitling looks terrific:2tsup:

Thanks for the advice, I will take caution and not rush this as you suggest, I will get it from its hiding spot in my shed soon and upload some pics, then perhaps I can proceed with caution as I do...

Is this a too hard case or am I on the wrong forum? I would have thought some advise would be forward, Oh well I might just go ahead and ruin something special!
Thanks anyway! Fingers crossed:doh:

Great work:2tsup::2tsup:

Hi all this is my first attempt to restore furniture, let alone taking on something so big! I have in my shed a Baggatelle table, it has been there for 20 yrs and used as a bench (always covered with...

Some handy hints there fellas, thankyou and merry xmas to all.
Cheers Glenn

I understand your frustration Robson V I can not post without several attempts

Have you finished this beast yet Emu, some pics would be great to see
Cheers Glenn

Try joining the legs in a v shape > < then rout out a rebate in the underside of the slab, and glue the legs in, just work out the angle you want the legs at, looks good and works fine.
Cheers Glenn

Kids will love that!:)

Great work Jack, love the pics.

I seem to be having alot of trouble with this site dropping out since the upgrade, every time I try to post up or answer a thread and take a bit of time to type the text, the computer will not submit...

Looks great Geoff, are the drawers going to be faced with the same timber? nice view too mate!

Caught at Gnaraloo Rob, nice Dhuie there, looks like an old pic, when was it and how much did it weigh?

Looking good so far Pappy, have you decided on the finish as yet?

Thanks for the feedback guys, as I said b4 I had a great time making this and best of all the minister of finances loved it:yippy: it took her a while to even notice it on the wall but all worth the...

Yes Pappy sickens for the base coat x2, Glasscoat sealer then glasscoat, in that order

Some serious slabs there

234800234801table top finished

great stuff Iggy

Beatifull work Featherwood:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

The pic above was it actually hanging Paul, I just purchased some keyhole type picture hangers, then routed out a slot each side of the frame screwed them into the frame, then hung it on a couple of...

234577Got the frame completed yesterday, ready for the wife coming home on Sunday, I hope she enjoys it as much as I enjoyed making it, thanks again for all your handy tips throughout this project, I...

Cheers guys, For the mitres I used a compound saw, I cut a few test pieces first to make sure I was happy with the cut, then once I had all the bits marked up just made sure I had them in the correct...

234387first coat applied

Yes Pappy, I have, done this on my gabians bar and table, but I would use a rag to wipe off excess cetol then apply a sealer prior to top coat, I used glasscoat as a top coat , you can get glasscoat...

I like the grain in the timber Pete, will be great to see the end product, looking good

Cheers Christos, will look into it

Definatly there in this forum under natural edge painting frame, sorry but I don't know how to put the link up:doh:

A bit more progress today, ready for coating finish, any ideas on what to use would be welcome, I am thinking Danish oil, I have included a pic of back of frame with painting fitted

Was thinking Danish or scandinavian oil as sugested, but open to ideas as this is all pretty new to me, I have been using Sickens for other projects but that will take away the light colour of the...

Yes Paul I made the plates while the glue was setting, nearly done now hopefully finnished by the weekend.

Should be in big stuff under natural edge painting frame

Thanks for all the tips guys, I will have to look into them further when a little more experience is gained, I have finished the frame and just about to give it its final sanding then coat it, some...

You can get it in 1L tins as well Pappy, it goes along way so that will do a couple of coats easy for your project.

All glued up and ready to fit steel plate to back, learnt to make jig for router and to use router for the first time, after setting up the jig and routing I pre drilled the holes and glued the steel...

Looking the goods so far, keep us posted on the progress.