mlehikoinen Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 From the old forum, Nathan created the thread. Thought I would carry it over here. Per Nathan ... "I figured since this was a forum topic for the shaker table build, why not have a thread showing off your work? It also serves as a personal benefit for me as I'm trying to decide what finish to apply on my table. So show us the tables! Be sure to include: species, finish applied and any other special notes" Here's my table. Ash base with walnut top. Finish is wipe on poly, but only a couple of coats as I wanted to keep it simple and natural looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewoodwhisperer Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 That's really an odd place to keep a Shaker Table! Nathan did an awesome job on that one. Love the colors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlehikoinen Posted August 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 That's really an odd place to keep a Shaker Table! Nathan did an awesome job on that one. Love the colors! LOL, early in experience of photographing projects. Had somewhere to be and was close to the deadline to submit to you. As an amusing contradiction, it now serves as a place to put my laptop when working in my recliner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mqutkingdom Posted August 13, 2010 Report Share Posted August 13, 2010 That looks great I need to make me one but a little bit shorter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted August 15, 2010 Report Share Posted August 15, 2010 Very nice work.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billboard Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Great idea. Mine is cherry from the Bell Forest kit. I finished with 2 coats of 1/3 shellac, mineral spirits, BLO. Then 3 coats of Marc's simple wiping varnish mixture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcanuck Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 These are awesome...I'm just trying to wrap up a project and then I'm diving onto this table, then catch up with the chest of drawers....should be done in time for Christmas 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy.Dennis Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Just finished my table! I think I made at least one mistake on every single piece of it, but the birds eye maple is so gorgeous that I think it makes up for the flaws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chems Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Heres mine: Made them in the summer but was unaware there was a guild build. Would love to do them again as I could have done better on the timber selection for these ones and would like to try hand cut dovetails for the drawers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted July 6, 2011 Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 Here's mine finished June 2011 (I'm catching up on the builds) made from French oak and finished with Arm-A-Seal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySats Posted July 24, 2011 Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 I'm looking forward to getting my Shaker DVD set. ( picked it up in the latest sale ) You all did such a great job on your tables . I do like some of the twists on the style you did to make it your own . Please keep the pictures coming , I hope to add some once I finish mine . Regards Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phinnegan Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 I'm pretty darn late to this party, but I just finished mine - its gonna need to sit in the shop for a week or so before I bring it in and put anything on it, but here it is, sans knob... Walnut/oak with arm-r-seal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewoodwhisperer Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Beautiful work! Make sure you email me your favorite photo so I can put it in the Guild Gallery. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 My wife wanted a small side table to place her beverage and liked the look of my original. I made this one out of English Elm which is getting very hard to get hold of (due in no small part to Dutch Elm Disease). I was at Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire, England last year and picked up a few remaining boards. They occasionally harvest trees to make room for more and had chopped down a disease resistant specimen. Don't worry there are plenty more disease resistant ones left. They said this will be the last time for the next 30 years that they would be harvesting Elm so I snapped up the last 6 boards. Over the next few months they were drying out in my shop. In March this year (2014) they were dry enough to use. The table itself is about 2/3 the size of the original. I scaled down the original Guild Sketchup drawing using Sketchup's own built in scaling tool. The legs are 22mm (7/8") thick at the top tapering to around 12mm (1/2") at the bottom. I thought that was about the minimum I could go to retain some integrity in strength. The table is approx 19" tall and 13" square. The top incorporates knots and they are stabilised using epoxy. The drawer fits in my wife's iPad Mini and some other things that she uses (pens, nail file etc) when relaxing. I turned a knob from an offcut of Elm and it is around 5/8" diameter. I finished it with GF Arm-R-Seal. I can no longer buy this in the UK due to VOC export restrictions so any future wipe ons will have to be homebrew version using Marc's formulation. For now I have a couple of quart cans left. For scale I also show the table next to its bigger brother (made from French oak). If you want to make one of these tables it only takes a couple of weekends and is very simple (and cheap) to execute. Total cost to me was around £15 ($25) as I only used a miniscule amount of Elm and a small quantity of finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric. Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Nice job, Terry! I found it a fun build because it's so easy and nearly stress-free. Just curious, why no bevel under the top? Sucks about the Arm-R-Seal. They'll have to pry my Arm-R-Seal from my cold, dead hands! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 Super nice Terry! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 (edited) Nice job, Terry! I found it a fun build because it's so easy and nearly stress-free. Just curious, why no bevel under the top? Sucks about the Arm-R-Seal. They'll have to pry my Arm-R-Seal from my cold, dead hands! Thanks guys. It does have a bevel it just doesn't show up in the shots due to the higher angle I took it from. I also put veneers of elm over the end grain - I'm doing that a lot nowadays after a cabinet maker buddy of mine pulled me up on showing end grain on some of my earlier pieces. Here is a picture from a lower angle. I forgot to say the top is around 5/8" thick tapering down to 7/16" at the edges over 1-1/4" distance Edited April 15, 2014 by TerryMcK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 I don't mind end grain. Proof that it is solid wood and not ply! Nice looking tables - the elm looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 I wonder if they make end grain edge banding, that way you can fool people even further with ply. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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