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Bog oak coffee table ( Finished)

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Re: Bog oak coffee table ( Finished)

Postby Andyp » 19 Dec 2019, 14:33

I must say that those legs are the most unlike oak looking timber I think I have ever seen.

Those handles look better on the finished piece than when we first saw them half made.
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Re: Bog oak coffee table ( Finished)

Postby Mike G » 19 Dec 2019, 14:41

The legs are from a slab of 3" English oak which I set aside maybe 10 or 15 years ago. It looks a little like it may have had a mild fungal attack, making it sort-of spalted, sort-of brown oak*. I can't remember what I used the rest of the board for, otherwise I'd have a clearer idea of whether it was like this when I bought it, or if it's something that has happened whilst stored since.

It's worth saying that there is quite a lot of oak in the room, hence the piece should be seen in the context of beams, posts, studs, and a soon-to-be-made door and TV cabinet, tying the table into the room rather than having it sit there like something parachuted in from a distant planet.


*I doubt whether it is actually brown oak, which as far as I remember was attacked by a bracket fungi whilst alive.
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Re: Bog oak coffee table ( Finished)

Postby fiveeyes » 19 Dec 2019, 18:02

lovely work there, Mike....would be nice to see that wood in person
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Re: Bog oak coffee table ( Finished)

Postby Mike G » 19 Dec 2019, 18:24

Well if you're anywhere near please feel free to drop in. It looks better in the flesh, mainly because I haven't worked out how to turn the flash off on the camera!
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Re: Bog oak coffee table ( Finished)

Postby Woodbloke » 19 Dec 2019, 18:59

Nice Job Mike, but why did you choose to use pine for the drawer runners etc? I would always, always use oak or something hard and nasty for runners especially if the drawer sides were oak (which they always usually are) - Rob
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Re: Bog oak coffee table ( Finished)

Postby Mike G » 19 Dec 2019, 19:31

Good point Rob. I did that without a lot of thought. Nothing much is glued there, so I might pop them out and replace with oak. Having said that, these drawers are going to be very low use.......But you're right, I'll change them.
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Re: Bog oak coffee table ( Finished)

Postby Phil » 20 Dec 2019, 17:23

Another very nice job Mike.

Where do you find all the time??? :shock:
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Re: Bog oak coffee table ( Finished)

Postby Mike G » 20 Dec 2019, 18:47

I didn't, Phil, which is why this took forever.
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Re: Bog oak coffee table ( Finished)

Postby Jimmy Mack » 18 Jan 2020, 18:16

This came out great

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Re: Bog oak coffee table ( Finished)

Postby Mike G » 18 Jan 2020, 20:54

Thanks Jim. :D
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