Shaker end tables, birdseye maple

comments (7) April 13th, 2009 in Reader's Gallery

Chuck_Griffith Charles Griffith, member
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Bed side tables. The tops are tapered underneath to thin the edges. Birdseye maple is colored with water-based aniline dye and finished with gel varnish, five or six coats rubbed on. Tiny antiqued knobs from Horton Brasses.


Design or Plan used: Shaker derived
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majordado majordado writes: Hi Chuck, Beautiful work! I have a TV cabinet project using maple hardwood and baltic birch plywood and I need to achieve a finish/color similar to your project. Can you direct me to more information about this finishing technique? Thank you!

John
Posted: 2:56 pm on June 12th

twistjawa twistjawa writes: thank you chuck! Keep up the great work. Love to see more of it.
Posted: 12:27 pm on April 19th

Chuck_Griffith Chuck_Griffith writes: Hi Twistjawa
The tables are 27 1/4" high. Top is 14 1/4" square. Legs are 1 1/16" thick at the top, tapered on the two inner sides to 5/8" at the bottom. Side aprons (not counting tenon) are 9 1/2" by 4 1/2". Back apron (not counting tenon) is 4 1/2" by 9 1/4". Drawer front is 9 3/16" by 3 3/8". The top is 3/4" thick, but tapered from the aprons out, for an edge thickness of 7/16". The aprons and legs are joined flush. Hope that helps.
Posted: 12:00 pm on April 19th

twistjawa twistjawa writes: these are beautiful tables. I m building similar ones for my wife and I. She loves the proportions. Could you tell me the dimensions or there abouts
Thanks
Posted: 11:13 am on April 18th

Chuck_Griffith Chuck_Griffith writes: Hi Martin,
The tables were colored with water-based aniline dye, J.E. Moser's Golden Amber Maple. I have lots of vials of different color dye, but I use the Golden Amber Maple almost every time. These tables are fairly light so I couldn't have used more than two coats of dye (I don't remember exactly). But by using different numbers of coats, this one color can provide lots of variety. The gel varnish was rubbed on with 0000 steel wool. The brand was Bartley's Clear Satin. Each coat is super thin, so it takes about six to develop character and give depth the the birdseye's figure. Hope that helps.
Posted: 10:04 am on April 14th

Martino23 Martino23 writes: I really like the color. Can you tells us exactly what you used for your finish? Brands and colors, please.

Thanks!

Martin
Posted: 7:30 am on April 14th

Jim in Idaho Jim in Idaho writes: gorgeous!
Posted: 10:22 pm on April 13th

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