Company Name: LRG WoodCraftingA pair of Maple end tables. The tops and drawer faces are made from Curly Maple, dyed yellow then stained with a yellow red dye/stain mixture and clearcoated with a gloss pr-cat lacquer. The bases are made from soft maple, stained black, toned black and clearcoated with a satin sheen pre-cat lacquer. The drawers were made as a single drawer and then cut into to as to keep the faces matched. The drawer bottoms a covered with an orange crushed velvet. This is a start to a bedroom set (the rest to come later).
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| Posted By: | PaulR |
Nice work and nice finish Leo. those tops look solid, if they are how do you allow for movement in the field with the cross grain "breadboard" ends?
PaulR
| Posted By: | Leo R Graywacz Jr |
The tops are solid. And, I don't. (I've been waiting for this comment) I have made a few of these for myself and as long as the dimensions stay below 22" I have had no problems with them. The piece I experimented with in my home has a 22" wide x 42" long top with biscuit breadboard ends. My house has no AC or humidity control so in the summer the temps reach 85-90ºF with the full brunt of the humidity. In the winter my low heat setting is about 60ºF with the full lack of humidity. They fared without a hitch. Just have to make sure that what you finish on the top is the same as what you do to the bottom. These tops are only 18W" x 24L" in an AC controlled home. I don't think I will have any problems. I've made them with true mortise and tenon breadboard ends and I have a lot of problems with the lacquers fracturing at the moving joint line. I hate that, and it looks bad. When I do an oil finish I do them with true M & T because the oil won't fracture. Anything bigger than 22" I will put a bevel line at the joint and do true M & T, but I don't like how that looks. Thanks for the comments.
| Posted By: | jon wallace |
great tables . i think rockler.com has the perfect knobs for the drawers they are from the metropolitan colection and they are made from black granite wich would look very cool .
