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   terrylee86 | Jan 03, 2009 01:57am | #1

   I hope that your customer knows that oil is more of a colorant then a finish. Nice looking mission table by the way.

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   Shoemaker1 | Jan 03, 2009 02:09am | #2

   Nice work. Did you design those chairs or buy plans they look real neat.
   Hope the owner is happy, should be!

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   oldusty | Jan 03, 2009 07:24am | #3

      steve ,    Very beautiful looking work  , looks like a humungus Library Table and the chairs look sweet , show a few close ups of each if you can .

                     thanks for sharing

                                     dusty

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   stevemorris | Jan 03, 2009 03:06pm | #4

   thx for the comments guys

   the design of both the table and chairs were the clients, well he gave me rough scetches, working drawings were my work

   i'll start with the table and post some info on the chairs later

   the table was quite simple actually other than the size of the project, for example the topis 2inches thick with 2 3/4 outer edges and breadboard ends

   the pedestal legs are 5inch square, laminated solid

   construction of the base is all mortise and tenon, glued and pinned(the pins are not visible)

   the top is laminated from two layers of 5/4, then edge glue together, then the breadboard ends are mortise and tenon, glued in the center and floating at the edges

   i took dozens of photos during construction and i will post them on my msn space soon 

   
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   | Jan 03, 2009 05:29pm | #5

   Steve,

   Really nice job! I am working with quarter sawn white oak now (a craftsman mirror), it has been years since I had the opportunity to work with white oak. Although very hard, it is a pleasure to work with. The finish left from a well tuned hand plane can't be beat. Great job, keep them pics a'coming.

   Bob, Tupper Lake, NY

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   stevemorris | Jan 03, 2009 07:15pm | #6

   yes the white oak does finish nicely, the table top of course is the money piece, after glue up, it was all handwork, my millersfalls smoother followed by scraper and then a very light touch with 150 grit with the grain

   this project was a big lesson in handtool work, tenons were all done by tablesaw but the mortises were done by hand, ie router out the bulk then trim by chisels