White Oak - Mission Style Sofa Table

[jinman]

Scotty, I'm just sittin' back and watchin' your show. It's certainly better than anything on TV. That is one fine looking table you are making.:thumbsup:

 

[scott_vt]

Scotty, I'm just sittin' back and watchin' your show. It's certainly better than anything on TV. That is one fine looking table you are making.:thumbsup:

Good Afternoon Jim,
Thankyou as allways Jim...

TV isnt too good these day.....

 

[Cleburne]

Looking good, keep the pics coming.

 

[czechsonofagun]

Great work, as always.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Guys,
Thanks for the kind words...

I glued the table ends to the long rails this morning, so the complete base is done. I posted some photos of that along with some slight imperfections in the wood...

In a couple of places there are some small knot holes that I think are great... Wood being an imperfect medium to wotk in, has these imperfections, and it seems criminal to me to fill them with wood puddy...

Obviously I wouldnt have a big nasty knot in the middle of a beautiful top, but some small imperfections make you realise that your working with wood , something that comes from nature, not created by man...

Anyways, I took pics of those spots also...

After the base had setup for an hour or so, I tipped the base upright, and just had to lay the top on, its about now that I get kind of excited with the project, its taking form...

I still have to raise the grain and sand again, and then more finish sanding, and on and on.....

I also still have to make the tabs to attach the top yet, I posted a pic of those on a previous post...

For those who wonder why Im not assembling this on my workbench and opting for the tablesaw top, I posted a pic of my messy bench, the shop needs a good cleanup !

BTW theres one photo there of the amount of squeez out on one of the joints, you really dont want much more than that, the strength of the joint comes from the fit between the mortice and tenon, not the shoulder of the rail to the leg...

 

[Cliff_Johns]

Good progress on a nifty design. I'm looking forward to seeing the finish on it.
Cliff

 

[HCJtractor]

Looks great!! White oak is sure a pretty wood to work with. Red oak just doesn't have the beauty of white oak. Can't wait to see the finished project. How do you plan to finish it. I read that you have a stain, but what final finish??

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evenin Guys,
I managed to get the table stained a few days back. I let it dry and today I got outside and very lightly sanded it.

The stain is a minwax product, lighter color, as I mentioned earlier in the thread, it was to come close to my sons oak floor.

I mixed some satin poly and cut it by a third with thinner... I like doing this so that the poly seeps into the grain...

So here are a couple of the latest photos, will post some later also..

 

[Cliff_Johns]

That looks great, Scotty. Makes me want to build something. You brought out the white oak's grain very nicely.

Thanks for sharing.

Cliff

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Guys,
I apologize for bringing up an old thread, almost a year now, but I finally got around to building these three stools to go along with the sofa table I built last year for my youngest son.

I will try and get one last shot with the stools standing next to the sofa table, but right now its a raging blizzard outside at my Ct home, ad Im hunkered down for the duration of this thing...

In any event I hope he will be happy with them, along with his beer swilling buddies..... :laughing:

 

[GolfAddict]

Man, you do really beautiful work. I bet he'll be happy - and tell him to use coasters!! :thumbsup:

 

[jinman]

Gosh Scotty! Those are way too good for your son's beer swilling buddies. They are, however, perfect for your TBN beer swilling buddies. Once again, you've created a masterpiece. Your son will love braggin' on his dad's skills.

 

[roadhawk]

They look really nice, but the pics are sort of fuzzy after clicking on the thumbnails. Don't know if it's focus or resolution, but I'm guessing resolution since they look sharp as thumbnails...

... now where is that beer before the swilling buddies get there! :drink:

 

[chipsndust]

Beautiful work, Scotty. Nice ray fleck in the legs.

Being a woodworker, you'll know what I mean when I say it's a good thing you didn't use shellac for a finish - those will need polyurethane!

 

[scott_vt]

They look really nice, but the pics are sort of fuzzy after clicking on the thumbnails. Don't know if it's focus or resolution, but I'm guessing resolution since they look sharp as thumbnails...

... now where is that beer before the swilling buddies get there! :drink:

Good Mornin Guys,
Thanks for the comments and compliments ! Roadhawk, that camera has a small scratch on the lens, not sure how I did that but its there... Pics are a bit fuzzy, Im thinkin new camera ! Thanks again !

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Add my acolades to the chorus. Great work. I do a bit of amature woodworking, and I love White Oak after it's finished, but it certainly makes my planer grunt.