I finally finished my new cherry dining table. Please check it out and let
me know what you think. It is kind of mission style.

http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Cherry_Table.htm


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Nice! I don't think thats anywhere near misson though! ;-)

"Frank" wrote in message
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Nice!

Thank you.

I don't think thats anywhere near misson though! ;-)

I wood strongly disagree.

"stoutman" .@. wrote in message
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I finally finished my new cherry dining table. Please check it out and let
me know what you think. It is kind of mission style.


Very nice Stoutman, I can hardly see that big ole crack at the top of the
leg. :~) Just kidding.

Did you get to use your BS at all on this project? ;~)

Very nice Stoutman, I can hardly see that big ole crack at the top of the
leg. :~) Just kidding.

Thank you. The crack is all the way at the top of one of the legs. It is
barely visible after the fix. I just hope that it never opens up again.


Did you get to use your BS at all on this project? ;~)

Yes! I cut the cherry 12/4 leg blanks to rough dimension at the bandsaw.
Then I jointed an two edges square at the jointer and passed it through the
planer. I used the TS again to cut the tapers. I was VERY tempted to use
the BS to cut the tapers, but I chickened out. I cut them at the TS and had
to remove the saw and burn marks at the jointer.

Looks great! Tom

"stoutman" .@. wrote in message
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I finally finished my new cherry dining table. Please check it out and let
me know what you think. It is kind of mission style.

http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Cherry_Table.htm


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Nice work! Mission style? Looks to contemporary but real nice either way.
Dave



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Nice work! Mission style? Looks to contemporary but real nice either
way.
Dave

I wouldn't say it is traditional mission. I would say it is border-line
mission style. Sure, there are no corbels on the legs or through tenons, I
guess this is what people look for as the bench-mark of mission style. But
it is simplistic in design with square two-sided tapered legs which touches
into the Shaker/Mission style a little. Right?

Nice work! Mission style? Looks to contemporary but real nice either
way.
Dave

I forgot to ad thank you !

In article , "stoutman" .@.
wrote:

I finally finished my new cherry dining table. Please check it out and let
me know what you think. It is kind of mission style.

http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Cherry_Table.htm

Can't wait to see it a few years from now. Cherry does that
patina/colour thing as I'm sure you're hoping for.
A nice mission/metropolitan blending of styles.

Nice!

r

Can't wait to see it a few years from now. Cherry does that
patina/colour thing as I'm sure you're hoping for.
A nice mission/metropolitan blending of styles.

Nice!


Thanks! I think I am a big cherry fan now. I was big into maple, but there
is just NO comparison.

Stoutman

My daughter just looked at the table. Have you a price to make one for
her?

I like the tape at the joings when you glued them. Nice idea. I will
try it next time.

Also some new clamps ar on the list to get. I am thinging about 10 each
6' ones.

Send me a picture with some room to play with on the border and I will
make you a nice print. A big digital file.

Bob AZ

Really nice work. I'll be willing to bet that the pictures don't do it
justice either. Thanks for posting your pics!

Robert

In article ,
"stoutman" .@. wrote:

Can't wait to see it a few years from now. Cherry does that
patina/colour thing as I'm sure you're hoping for.
A nice mission/metropolitan blending of styles.

Nice!


Thanks! I think I am a big cherry fan now. I was big into maple, but there
is just NO comparison.

Maple is nice too..so many nice grains/ figures... but... when it comes
down to it, cherry is it for me. Always has been.

I guess it is safe to assume, now, that you understand you will be shot
if you ever stain cherry, right?

G

r

Thanks! I think I am a big cherry fan now. I was big into maple, but
there
is just NO comparison.

Maple is nice too..so many nice grains/ figures... but... when it comes
down to it, cherry is it for me. Always has been.

I guess it is safe to assume, now, that you understand you will be shot
if you ever stain cherry, right?


I already took the "I Will Not Stain Cherry" oath! I wasn't about to
Norm-alize my cherry table.

I just hope I can keep my kid from finding a way to stain it over the years!



G

r

stoutman wrote:

Thanks! I think I am a big cherry fan now. I was big into maple, but
there
is just NO comparison.

Maple is nice too..so many nice grains/ figures... but... when it comes
down to it, cherry is it for me. Always has been.

I guess it is safe to assume, now, that you understand you will be shot
if you ever stain cherry, right?



I already took the "I Will Not Stain Cherry" oath! I wasn't about to
Norm-alize my cherry table.

I just hope I can keep my kid from finding a way to stain it over the years!

Easy. Just put a couple coats of paint on it.
j4

stoutman wrote:
I finally finished my new cherry dining table. Please check it out and let
me know what you think. It is kind of mission style.

http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Cherry_Table.htm


Looks good!

I'm a fan of clean designs, and I like what you've done.

"stoutman" wrote...
I finally finished my new cherry dining table. Please check it out and
let
me know what you think. It is kind of mission style.

Sweet! The finish really brings out the figure of the cherry. I like the
clean lines, too.

BTW, the little "raisins" are pitch pockets.

Also btw, since you say this is your first cherry project, don't forget that
cherry darkens in sunlight way faster than you think it will. Since the
table is symetrical, I'd recommend turning it every few days for the first
few weeks till it darkens up a bit, and not leaving anything on it, i.e.
placemats or a centerpiece, till it's had a few months to darken up.

Super nice table! Congrats on a great project!


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Hambone Slim wrote:
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Nice work to you, Tim!

Sweet! The finish really brings out the figure of the cherry. I like the
clean lines, too.

Thank you!


BTW, the little "raisins" are pitch pockets.

I was dissapointed when they first started appearing during face jointing,
but now I like them. What is a pitch pocket anyway?


Also btw, since you say this is your first cherry project, don't forget
that
cherry darkens in sunlight way faster than you think it will. Since the
table is symetrical, I'd recommend turning it every few days for the first
few weeks till it darkens up a bit, and not leaving anything on it, i.e.
placemats or a centerpiece, till it's had a few months to darken up.


Nice tip! Thanks. Since we have it in front of a window, I guess it could
darken faster at one end? How often should we rotate it?


Super nice table! Congrats on a great project!

Thank you!



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Timothy Juvenal
www.rude-tone.com/work.htm

What is a pitch pocket anyway?

I answered this one:

http://www.pompy.com/craftsmanship/m.../woods/cherry/

"stoutman" wrote...

I was dissapointed when they first started appearing during face jointing,
but now I like them. What is a pitch pocket anyway?

Pitch pockets, afaik, are little deposits of sap and minerals. They, and
pin knots, are considered acceptable on fine cherry furniture; sapwood, of
course, is not.



Since we have it in front of a window, I guess it could
darken faster at one end? How often should we rotate it?

It will definately darken much more quickly on the window end. I would be
obsessive about turning it every few days for a couple of months, and
definately wouldn't leave anything sitting on the top for a few months. A
sheet of paper sitting on the top in the sun for two days will leave a very
noticable tan line! Until the table darkens - the color will become more
stable and darken much more slowly after a few months in the sunny window.

Enjoy!


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Timothy Juvenal
www.rude-tone.com/work.htm

Hambone Slim wrote:
"stoutman" wrote...

I was dissapointed when they first started appearing during face jointing,
but now I like them. What is a pitch pocket anyway?

Pitch pockets, afaik, are little deposits of sap and minerals. They, and
pin knots, are considered acceptable on fine cherry furniture; sapwood, of
course, is not.


Unless there is enough extra sap in the spots to make them gooey I'd
call them mineral spots and agree that they add character.

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FF

"Hambone Slim" wrote in message
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"stoutman" wrote...

I was dissapointed when they first started appearing during face
jointing,
but now I like them. What is a pitch pocket anyway?

Pitch pockets, afaik, are little deposits of sap and minerals. They, and
pin knots, are considered acceptable on fine cherry furniture; sapwood, of
course, is not.

I don't know that I agree with your statement on sapwood. Take a look at
this link
http://www.lf.org/artisansgallery/ag.html

IIRC, this piece is cherry, and I think effective use was made of the
contrast between heartwood and sapwood.

todd

"todd" wrote...
I don't know that I agree with your statement on sapwood. Take a look at
this link
http://www.lf.org/artisansgallery/ag.html

IIRC, this piece is cherry, and I think effective use was made of the
contrast between heartwood and sapwood.


I agree with you; that piece is really nice. I've done similar things using
50% heartwood & 50% sapwood with walnut, and the contrast between the light
and dark was pleasing to me.

Around these parts, I get called on to make mostly traditional pieces, and
in those cases the sapwood wouldn't be appropriate.

Other side of the coin, a lot of folks in this area like really dark
cordovan stains on cherry. In these cases you can't see the sapwood anyway;
it stains up and looks just like the rest of the piece.

In other words, never use cherry sapwood unless you feel like it. 8^)



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www.rude-tone.com/work.htm

"stoutman" .@. wrote in message
...
I finally finished my new cherry dining table. Please check it out and let
me know what you think. It is kind of mission style.

http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Cherry_Table.htm

Looks good.
How did you plane/sand the top after the glue up?
Someone asked me to repair a table they had damaged with a candle by ripping
out the damaged part and putting in new boards. I declined because I had no
way of getting a perfectly flat surface afterwards; too darn big. What did
you do?

Looks good.

Thank you!

How did you plane/sand the top after the glue up?

I didn't glue all eight boards at one time. I glued the inner four boards
first and the next day I glued on the two outer boards on
each side for a total of eight. So only four boards were glued at each
time. I think this dramatically simplified my glue-up. After each glue up,
I scraped then sanded. With the exception of a few divots from scraping to
long in one spot : ( she is very flat. The top rests on the aprons nicely
all the way around.


Someone asked me to repair a table they had damaged with a candle by
ripping out the damaged part and putting in new boards. I declined
because I had no way of getting a perfectly flat surface afterwards; too
darn big. What did you do?

I don't think (although I am still a neophyte at this) you need a flat
surface. If all your joints are at 90 degrees, with good even clamping
pressure it should come out flat. My top during both glue-ups was resting
on bar clamps on the bottom, with bar clamps also spanning accross the top.

On Thu, 04 May 2006 23:33:01 GMT, "stoutman" .@. wrote:

I finally finished my new cherry dining table. Please check it out and let
me know what you think. It is kind of mission style.

http://www.garagewoodworks.com/Cherry_Table.htm


Very nice. Looks solid with multi generational potential. You can
add it to the stuff the kids will fight over some day.

Frank

Looks good. I would call it Shaker. Can we assume that the fastentening
method of the top to approns allows for expansion.

"henry" wrote in message
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Looks good. I would call it Shaker. Can we assume that the fastentening
method of the top to approns allows for expansion.



Thank you!
Definitely. I use z-shaped table top fasteners from Rockler

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In article .com,
"henry" wrote:

Looks good. I would call it Shaker. Can we assume that the fastentening
method of the top to approns allows for expansion.

A Shaker table would be more likely to have round legs.

Pure Mission, would show more through tenons... even pegged ones.
The skirt could have had a slight arch to it and still be valid as
'Mission'.

IF I had to call it anything, I would call it Metropolitan.

There are so many 'melds' of the above styles that the most important
aspect survives.. and that is simplicity. Clean lines.

Then again... Mission is in the eye of the beholder?


r