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Sunday, February 23, 2014

On a MCM kick!

I picked up another credenza for a heck of a deal! This was made my Broyhill in the early 60s.

The guy had been keeping it outside and had no idea what he had.

This was located in a seedy part of town. So I took my pit-bull and a little something extra

for protection ;) (Im allowed to do that btw!)

There are so many on craigslist in the natural state, albeit refinished. They look great! But

they dont seem to sell that fast. I find that people like the ones that are painted.

Since this wasnt in pristine shape, I didnt feel so bad painting it.

I chose gray and black for this one. I refinished the top in espresso.

I redid the drawers as well. Everything was a walnut veneer. Remember with veneers, go easy

when you sand, lest you hog all the veneer off!! Ask me how I know this......

I love how the wood came out! This is a very masculine looking piece, quite

different from what I usually do.

Linking up at these great parties:

Restore Interiors - Restored it Wednesday

Kammys Korner - Trash to Treasure Tuesdays

Domestically Speaking - The Power of Paint Party

The Shabby Creek Cottage - Transformation Thursday

Miss Mustardseed - Furniture Feature Friday

Redoux - Friday Link Up Party

Homespun Happenings - Rustic Restorations Weekend

Funky Junk Interiors - Saturday Night Special

1929 Charmer - Sundays Best Party

Knick of Time Interiors - Knick of Time Tuesday

Elizabeth and Co., My uncommon Slice of Suburbia,

Savvy Southern Style. Weds, Beyond the Picket Fence, PJH Designs

From my Front Porch to Yours,

Between Naps on the Porch, Catch as Catch Can , The Dedicated House, Redoux

Thursday, February 13, 2014

A Mahogany Expanding Table a few more photos

I was talking to a friend and fellow woodworker (Johannes Michelsen...check out his famous wood hats) recently who is designing a round expanding table for a potential client. There is a table in a post below (with a really, really nice email from the clients), about an expanding mahogany table that is similar in concept .... He saw another table of mine on the Moin Hardware website and was interested in the runners and structure that allowed a 10 table to be balanced on a single, non moving pedestal. So, I thought Id put up a few more photos .. There are a couple things that allow this design to work: the equalizing runners (the top stays centered on the pedestal as it opens for the leaves), and a nice stable base with some weight and structure. We have made many tables with this type of pedestal and we always run a 3/4" threaded rod/bolt up through the center of the pedestal which makes a very solid connection and adds to the stability of the table as a whole. It also makes moving it easy as the bolt stays with the base and the subplatform stays with the top and runners ... Heres shot of that .... Click the pictures to enlarge them ...

If you look at the cad drawing in the first post about this table , you can see the sub top that the runners are attached to just below the bead on the table apron.

Heres a shot of the finished table with the 3 15" leaves in ...

An underside view of the unfinished table showing the pedestal parts clearly..

Under side view ...

Showing the Hafele runners without the sub base ... We have a few sets of these runners left and for most of out other style expanding tables we have switched to Watertown slides from Moin Hardware. I have seen similar equalizing slides on their website. I dont think you can get the Hafele ones in this country any more ... OK ... back to the Olympics ... Those skiers are CRAZZZZZYYYYY !!!

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Its a new episode of WWMM!

This week Steve made a wind spinner.

Monday, January 27, 2014

a claro walnut slab table

add another one to the list ... we sent this one to shelter island last week. and jim, who made the delivery, says that this table has the best view of any weve made. thats quite a tall statement, but he was there, and i wasnt, so ill have to take his word for it. anyway, we started with the slab above, and ended with the table below.

with a bit of back and forth in between.

do we cut of the swell? no .. its got some really cool grain going on there.

do we fill the cracks? yes, no, maybe, no ... we used this one as an inspiration. we made it in 2011 and didnt fill the cracks. never had a complaint. im glad we left them. in the end, they were really cool and kind of sculptural.. but how do we stabilize them? how about some butterflies on the bottom of the table, like below. that worked ..

below with the legs still in the bright polished phase ..

and now with the bronze patina ...

the polished cracks ... no crumbs will stick in there .

and with the reinforcing 1" tubing structure to bolster the thin slab and give it some rigidity ... that worked great . this, below, from the client

"Hi Dan, We loooooove the table. I will call you tomorrow. Just got back from beach and am wiped out. Thanks and best regards, Joanne"

all for now ...

Saturday, January 25, 2014

A Little Humor For All You Chair Builders Out There

Instructional Video on KungFu chairbuilding

Friday, January 24, 2014

Nothing Stands Without A Solid Base So

I finished this part for my wife’s plant shelf unit about a month ago. I shot a few photos of it, got distracted by other topics and then forgot about it until today. With what this piece put me through to produce it, I cant say Im surprised that I forgot about it so quickly.

It is a rolling base for the shelving unit, made, hopefully, to take the weight. Made out of off-the-shelf 1 x 6 poplar, dovetailed at the corners and (help me with this guys) through tenons for the cross braces (are these type of things called through tenons?).

I didn’t want the large-wheeled casters to show, so this frame allowed me to set them high and skirt them, allowing the space between the bottom of the unit and the floor to be only ¾ of an inch. I could have probably pieced it together with less wood, but I doubt it would be as strong.

I learned a few things while building this base but the one that stands out the most is; chiseling dovetails and through mortises in softwood is a bigger pain in the butt than it is doing the same with hardwood. Both the chisels, and the chisel operator, have to be extra sharp.

I finished one of the sides some time ago and finished scrapping the second one on Friday. It got coated with grain filler yesterday, which I hope to sand tomorrow. When it is completed, the assembly of the basic structure can take place, which should happen in a week or two – thank God!

It will not…I assure you…be soon enough.

Peace,

Mitchell

Thursday, January 23, 2014

I posted a video on YouTube on figuring out how to use my router table as a jointer

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

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