Some projects are fun because they are complicated, some are fun because they are simple. This one was more straightforward and cleaner in style.
This was a hall table designed to match a dining table I made for someone:
the dining table:
the hall table:
roughly 95" long, 16-18" deep, and 36" tall and roughly a hair over 2" thick. The boards were rough 2.5", but over such a long board, it took a good bit of material removal to get them flat and even.
In order to keep the base clean in appearance and not see any hardware, I countersunk a 1" thick board into the underside of the top that secures with four 1/4-20 bolts into threaded inserts in the table:
This keeps the legs going all the way to the underside plane of the top and nothing sticking out.
I also used a different finish than normal. Typically I use a lot of water based conversion varnishes or lacquers. This one I went with a solvent based pre-cat lacquer. It goes on a lot smoother, dries a LOT faster, but boy you better have a mask on and some good ventilation or you are going to be seeing the rainbow. It took some tuning the spray guns, but once I got them figured out the finish went on extremely smooth with no need for any touchup.
This was a hall table designed to match a dining table I made for someone:
the dining table:
the hall table:
roughly 95" long, 16-18" deep, and 36" tall and roughly a hair over 2" thick. The boards were rough 2.5", but over such a long board, it took a good bit of material removal to get them flat and even.
In order to keep the base clean in appearance and not see any hardware, I countersunk a 1" thick board into the underside of the top that secures with four 1/4-20 bolts into threaded inserts in the table:
This keeps the legs going all the way to the underside plane of the top and nothing sticking out.
I also used a different finish than normal. Typically I use a lot of water based conversion varnishes or lacquers. This one I went with a solvent based pre-cat lacquer. It goes on a lot smoother, dries a LOT faster, but boy you better have a mask on and some good ventilation or you are going to be seeing the rainbow. It took some tuning the spray guns, but once I got them figured out the finish went on extremely smooth with no need for any touchup.