chestnut oak coffee table

[Dan_Shade]

My latest project.  Chestnut oak that blew down in hurricane Isabel back in '03.

The shelf is a floating panel.



 



the finish is three coats of hand rubbed "homemade finish"  1/3 spar varnish, 1/3 Boiled Linseed Oil, and 1/3 mineral spirits

[Dan_Shade]

i think I completed this project in less than a month all said!

[pigman]

Nice simple but elequent design. I like it.

[Dan_Shade]

thanks, Bob

[Slab Slicer]

Nice work Dan. I have some Red Oak waiting for a similar project. Since I finished my basement out, I lost my woodshop for now. I have a building planned for this spring, and should have the new shop up and running. I hate being without my shop.

One question Dan... The surface you have the table displayed on in the first pick.....is that a table saw extension? Any info on building one like it? Thanks Dan, and again, that's some nice work.

Chuck

[Dan_Shade]

in the first picture, the table is sitting on a table saw outfeed table in a preglue mockup.  The outfeed table is based on a design shown in a "tools and shops" fine woodworking magazine a few years ago.  it has a shelf for a crosscut sled, and drawers on both sides.

If I were to build another outfeed table, I would make it like a work bench, with heavy duty legs, and a heavy top with vises on it.

an outfeed table makes a tablesaw a dream to use.

[Slab Slicer]

Thanks DAn. I was using some outfeed rollers, but this looks like a much better set up. I'll keep an eye out for plans, or possibly just come up with my own. I'd imagine that feeding a sheet of 3/4" plywood has got to be much easier with your outfeed. 

[Dan_Shade]

It makes anything of length easier. 

My recommendation ifs to builds one that issturdy enough to use a mortise chisel, and a vise that makes dovetails easy.... 

Like I said, if I ever build another one, it will be like this

[Norm]

Looks great Dan!

I agree with Bob's opinion. 

[Tree Feller]

Very nice table, Dan. I like the tapered legs and that frame & panel shelf.

[WDH]

Crisp, clean design.  Elegant.  You did a great job!  I like the long over-hang on the ends.  Next one that I make, I will do it like that.

[SwampDonkey]

That's my kind of table, looks great Dan.  Nice shelf in under to stash stuff.

[lowpolyjoe]

Very nice!   

Pardon my ignorance - when you say floating, is that completely unconnected?  Or did you use something movement-tolerant?

I saw a build recently with screws going through a slotted piece of hardware to allow motion under seasonal change.  Can't remember if it was this forum or not  :-\  I'm not experienced working with hardwood but would like to learn what i can about it before giving it a shot.

[Jemclimber]

Very nice, I use that same homemade finish on many things.

[Dan_Shade]

The panel for the shelf floats in a frame.  The frame is attached to the legs.  I used this method to accommodate for wood movement

[lowpolyjoe]

The panel for the shelf floats in a frame.  The frame is attached to the legs.  I used this method to accommodate for wood movement

i think i understand, thanks

[Lud]

Nice looking table!  I can't quite see the corners clearly.  did you soften them at all?   I usually round them a bit as the wife's always bumpin' into stuff and bruises easily. ;D ;D

[SwampDonkey]

I've done the shelves similarly on a couple tables as well. Works! ;D

[Dan_Shade]

1/8 round over

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

I gotta hand it to ya Dan.....your DanG table is Gorgeous !

Do you sell your work or is this piece gonna stay "in house"?

[Dan_Shade]

i've never sold any work, but I'd like to start.  Not quite sure how to jump into the "industry".  in the meantime, i'm slowly furnishing my house. 

[lowpolyjoe]

How much time did you put into that piece?   

[SwampDonkey]

Same here, I've been building up my own personal furniture inventory. And basically taking out of here all the junk, someone else bought. :D

[Dan_Shade]

I probably have 15-20 hours in it

[Bill Gaiche]

Very nice. Coffee tables are fun to build. bg

[Tree Feller]

i've never sold any work, but I'd like to start.  Not quite sure how to jump into the "industry".  in the meantime, i'm slowly furnishing my house. 

I'm re-furnishing my home, too...at least part of it. Two bedrooms have store-bought Queen Anne furniture and I've built QA end tables and a coffee table for the living room.

I do woodworking as a hobby but it's very gratifying to have someone want to pay for my work. It's also neat to have the hobby be self-funding. It keeps LOML from getting upset at my tool purchases.   ;D

I have more requests for custom furniture than I have time or desire to build. I don't advertise other than word-of-mouth but it just sorta happens. People see something that I've built for someone else and either want one or have a custom request.

While I do some high-end stuff like the Hal Taylor rocking chair, the patio/lawn furniture are very in-demand items as are blanket chests.

I also build a lot of stuff free for friends and family which is great advertising, I guess because more people see it and then contact me.

If I didn't have a good day job, I probably couldn't sell a bird house.   ;)

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

If I didn't have a good day job, I probably couldn't sell a bird house.   ;)

I know, I have the market locked up.  :D

Cody, puts some pics on here of your work....we's loves looking at stuff likes dat.

[metalspinner]

Very nice work on the table, Dan.  I like the design. It appears to be floating away!

[pigman]

Dan, I just gotta ask, are you going to work on chainsaws on that table? It doesn't look like it is large enough to park your bike for maintaince. ;)

[Dan_Shade]

pigman, i'm confident that it will handle whatever I throw at it

[GeorgeK]

My table saw has extensions from www.woodpeck.com but I cannot find them on there site right now. I like them because they are removable and attach to the incra fence system. They fold for storage. I do not hammer on them, I save that for my workbench.

Phot of work bench being built.


 

[Tree Feller]

Phot of work bench being built.


 

Wow, look at all those K-Bodies!  Sweet.

[SwampDonkey]

My shop isn't big enough to house all them clamps. I'd have to hang'm out in the barn rafters. :D

I've been asked various times if I make stuff to sell, the answers so far as been "nope". ;D

[WDH]

Wow!  Where did you get all those clamps  ???

[GeorgeK]

I went crazy with some overtime checks from my former job and filled up the rack I had bought from Woodpeck. They all hang on the wall. Was greatfull for the OT back then to build a dream shop. My copilot then was a fantastic woodworker. I told him one day I wanted to replace the equipment at my old house when the new place was built. That night he showed up with a woodworking catalog all marked up and said here is what you need. I will help you set it all up. He said jokingly. Well a few days later I said Rick the tools will arrive Thursday hope you are coming down. He said which ones? I said all. I had been saving. He was surprised but we build a nice shop that weekend. Now if I just had as much skill as he does. I had been saving my pennies for several years knowing I wanted a nice shop and instead of buying over time just waited and did it mostly at once. My basement shop is 26 by 32 with 10 foot ceiling so you do not have to worry much about hitting a light like my old shop. it is walk out thru the garage so easy to bring stuff in.

[lowpolyjoe]

definitely have clamp envy   :D   hope you got a bulk discount on those badboys. 

[Lud]

Nice table......Nice bunch of clamps.     

Kalbfleisch!   I was in Germany, on my way down to Italy where my wife's folks live, looking at a menu,  and we saw kalbfleisch........my wife's German isn't as good as her Italian and no one there spoke English.................until one local made the horns sign above his head and said, " Einer kleiner moo"   meaning little cow ..or ..veal.

And that's veally the truth! :D :D :D

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Wow!  Where did you get all those clamps  ???

Those are not clamps......he has made one of the prettiest PIPE ORGANS I've ever seen.  ;D

[WDH]

That is the most bessey clamps that I have ever seen at one time  ;D.

[GeorgeK]

I guess I will have to take a picture of the entire clamp collection I think there are more.

True, Kalbfleisch is veal meat and my great grandparents owned a business in Germany that made steak knives of all things! I have been to the old family home but unfortunately it was like 5 years after being sold and all the shop stuff was gone. You can find in Germany silverware with the Kalbfleisch name, I have some. My grandfather came here in the 30's and worked as a machinist in the LA area. 

[Lud]

You're a lucky guy, George.  I am too as I got to retire 5 years ago and make stuff every day in wood or anything else.  Make stuff every day and you'll get better.  Reading the forum will give you ideas and exercise your imagination.  Coming up with your own solution to a problem/puzzle is immensely satisfying! 8)