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Started by tule peak timber, March 10, 2015, 12:42:17 PM

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tule peak timber

I was commissioned to design and fab a card table for a repeat customer. I was supposed to evoke the bow of an old Chris Craft runabout with multiple colors. The last table I did for these folks was a "StarWars" theme, so I threw in a little "Star Trek" on this piece. Three felt lined dice drawers hidden underneath. They haven't seen it yet.....What do you guys think ? Rob

 

  

 
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looks awesome, are you worried at all about the different rates of expansion between the different types of wood?

i really like the curved brace below the drawers, very organic looking.

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tule peak timber

Thanks all for the comments.Jueston, yes the wood expansion on the "decking' was addressed . Rob
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Pretty assume Rob. I like the way you showed us how you installed the center piece. I bet it isn't easy to make that fit perfectly. bg

Holmes

  Looks Treky to me.  Great job   I like the way it flows.  8)
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You nailed the " Chris Craft" look!  A beautiful tabletop with very cool underpinnings as well.

Brad_bb

Awesome looking table.  How did you "address" the shrinkage issue?  I did a simpler table last summer, gluing up some walnut boards and breadboarding  the ends.  After it was finished (October maybe), and brought it inside, over the next couple months the walnut glued up boards shrank in width just a hair over 1/8th inch.  These boards had air dried for years.  Granted it's much drier in the winter, but I was surprised how much they shrank!  I can cut the breadboard flush, but I'm wondering if it will expand all the way back come summer?  I hope not.
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I don't think that table will have major shrinkage issues. The grain of the frame is all running in the same direction as the inserts? Means it will all shrink and expand in a similar way. Different species might move a slightly different amount, but that effect is much less then the difference in long vs cross grain.  As long as the whole top is allowed to move on the supports / legs it should be OK. It might be a bit narrower in winter that's all.

Brad, as fou your breadboard. I would leave it a bit longer ( a full cycle of seasons?) and see what happens. The top is certain to grow again when the season changes. Maybe not to the original size, but maybe close. See what the range of movement is going to be, then trim it for best fit.
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Fantastic looking table! :)
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Brad, I would leave the extra length and see what happens.

I was wondering about breadboard ends for a future project the other day and was thinking of trying something different by fastening the ends to the outside boards and leaving the centre boards to float with room for expansion and contraction. The boards would be T&G.

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Shuttle Craft to Enterprise,  Rob, that one there is makes it hard to take my eyes off, I'm thinking those folks will be very pleased,  It looks frictionless, if that makes any sense at all,
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One of the challenges that cropped up in the build was how to register flat , fill voids , sand and final finish the different parts with a brown stained frame. I wanted crisp division of colors with no bleed over and everything tight.....
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Lud

Very nice table.  Very Californian if you will.....surfboardy so to speak.  But safe!  I really like for furniture to not have sharp corners/edges.   8)
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Quote from: tule peak timber on March 11, 2015, 08:55:57 AM
One of the challenges that cropped up in the build was how to register flat , fill voids , sand and final finish the different parts with a brown stained frame. I wanted crisp division of colors with no bleed over and everything tight.....

well it looks like you did an incredible job of meeting those challenges  :)

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Awesome job. In the top picture it looks like you could tow it behind the Chris Craft and use it as a high class wake board.  :)
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