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Senin, 22 Agustus 2016

This Just In:
"We just received the table and its beautiful!!!!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!

We absolutely LOVE it!!!!!

Thank you for all of your very hard work, attention to detail and overall for making our gorgeous dining room table that we will use to celebrate many holidays, meals and celebrations!!!

I cant believe its here :)

Warmly,

Kristi & Jeff "It was one of those weeks when things come together ... We almost finished the big mahogany table weve been working on.. All that remains is to reassemble and polish it up on Monday. Tuesday it will be on its choice to Boston if all goes well.. Click the photos to enlarge them ...

The unfinished, finished table

First coat of Lockwood aniline dye ... 50/50 water, light golden brown walnut

After the first coat of gloss poly

The finish schedule ... to understand this shorthand more see other posts in the finishing category to the right ...

We also made a scale model for a claro walnut slab table with a 1.5" thick steel "shaker inspired base that we recently took a deposit on ... We have found at least one suitable slab, but the final choice has yet to be made ... checking out some other possibilities first .. We often make scale models. There is actually a category over to the right where you can see other posts with models and mockups. I feel they are an extremely important part of the design/visualization process.

The CAD file from which the waterjet cutter contractors will estimate. The parts will be cut from a slab of 1.5" thick steel and Sam will weld them together, polish and finish them in a shiny finish ...

The two walnut, steel leg, tables were working on. The walnut boards will have blackened steel insert inlaid in them to cover areas of the boards which were cut out to avoid sawing hardware that was embedded in the tree. Handy things those metal detectors ...