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Elm Dining Table

Postby TheTiddles » 02 Aug 2014, 19:38

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Re: Elm Dining Table

Postby Woodbloke » 02 Aug 2014, 20:01

Cracking looking job Aidan. You were right about the underside, particularly in the steps we took to veneer it and especially in the utterly shyte masking tape that I provided :oops: :oops: for 'trying' :oops: to pull the leaves together. That said, the underside as I recollect wasn't too bad once we got it sorted out, but could have been better. However, as you say, lessons were learned and the top came out pretty good, not least thank to the decent masking tape you brought over. I've got a few rolls of that Tesa tape bookmarked on Amazon (£5 a roll) for the next time I do any serious veneering with 2 or 3mm thick veneer.
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Re: Elm Dining Table

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Re: Elm Dining Table

Postby Woodbloke » 02 Aug 2014, 20:10

TheTiddles wrote:There's gluten free white chocolate cappuccino cake if you get here this weekend Rob!

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Time?…I fancy a bike ride as Alyson's got the motor tomorrow to go to the gym. Cake is always good! We like cake! :D - Rob
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Re: Elm Dining Table

Postby 9fingers » 02 Aug 2014, 20:22

Those book-matched veneers look superb Aidan.
After a while you will tend to forget all the grief with the glue up and enjoy the result all the more.

Seems like there are three workshops on view. SWMBO has let you work on it indoors too! :lol:

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Re: Elm Dining Table

Postby Rod » 02 Aug 2014, 21:21

Lovely looking top Aidan.

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Re: Elm Dining Table

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Re: Elm Dining Table

Postby Woodbloke » 03 Aug 2014, 19:24

Having sat at the table today and munched through a couple of very tasty slabs of cake, washed down with some rather excellent coffee, I can confirm that the table is as good 'up close and personal' as it appears in the pics - Rob
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Re: Elm Dining Table

Postby Andyp » 04 Aug 2014, 07:04

Great job Aidan. The mix of wood and iron is superb. What were those legs from originally?
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Re: Elm Dining Table

Postby chataigner » 04 Aug 2014, 12:32

Andyp wrote:Great job Aidan. The mix of wood and iron is superb. What were those legs from originally?


+1 for the table, the grain looks superb. The legs remind me a bit of the ones on my lathe.
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Re: Elm Dining Table

Postby 9fingers » 04 Aug 2014, 13:19

I particularly like this design as the heavy legs should give superb stability without having wide legs/feet to get in the way of chairs which gives much more flexibility to fit more people around the table from time to time.
Good engineering - I'd not expect any less from Aidan!

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Re: Elm Dining Table

Postby RogerS » 04 Aug 2014, 16:50

I like that. Elm is one of my favourite woods. We regularly get massive ...and I mean massive ..slabs at Pugh's auction.
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Re: Elm Dining Table

Postby berncarpenter » 04 Aug 2014, 21:04

Looks great Aidan love the mix of cast iron and elm.

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Re: Elm Dining Table

Postby Graham Haydon » 06 Aug 2014, 23:36

Congrats. Very pleasing to see some veneering. Don't see enough of it on the tinterweb, one wonders why when the results can be this good.
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Re: Elm Dining Table

Postby RogerS » 07 Aug 2014, 07:06

Graham Haydon wrote:Congrats. Very pleasing to see some veneering. Don't see enough of it on the tinterweb, one wonders why when the results can be this good.


Then you might be interested in this. Sorry, no WIP or 'before' pictures.

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I had cocked up plunging the Domino in this front panel and came all the way through the front of this stile. I tried to fill in the holes with some zebrano domino's. But the client spotted it. So what to do. I routed out the front of the stile to a depth of 0.5mm. Cleaned the corners with a razor sharp chisel and then dropped a piece of zebrano veneer into the space.
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Re: Elm Dining Table

Postby fred » 07 Aug 2014, 08:42

Graham Haydon wrote:Congrats. Very pleasing to see some veneering. Don't see enough of it on the tinterweb, one wonders why when the results can be this good.


There's plenty of examples of veneering on tinternet, some real bobby-dazzlers, if you know where to look. Veneering can be an inexpensive way of improving woodwork, a process that's cheap as chips.

Here's a cracking example of some mahogany veneering:

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Re: Elm Dining Table

Postby RogerS » 07 Aug 2014, 09:08

Excellent, Fred..excellent :D
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