Introduction table and chairs pics

[dukebird]

Hello Fog  Well i have been around a while and wanted to share some of the projects i have been doing.    I started this all around the first of October so i am not a speed demon.  I have 2 small children that require some attention.  I work in the lumber industry.    So wood is not a problem.

The first set of pictures is the Dining table  I used reclaimed fir out of the factory where i work.  The beams are 5" thick so i needed to hollow out the back.    I needed support so i made the support out of steel tubing.  The wrap on the steel legs is VG df  that i torched and then wire brushed the char.    The table is long and heavy  about 106" 

On to the bench and chairs.  I copied the design of the bench and chairs from the Thomas Moser Edo chairs and bench.  My wife picked them out and i thought they were pretty cool so away i went.    Hope to contribute more soon. 

 

[Jesse Cloud]

Very nice.  I'm a fan of Thomas Moser, too.  You executed the style well. 

Like those shop drawers shown in the first pic, too!

Hope to see more of your work.

 

[ajones]

thanks for posting

 

[dukebird]

The shop drawers were pretty simple i used rustic hickory plywood/ Pro core.    then i took aluminum angle and cut 4" Pieces and used them as the handles.  Not too glamorous but plenty cheap.  please excuse the mess.  New shop

 

[DB10]

Looking really good, that table won't be going anywhere in the wind.

 

[ear3]

Did you chisel out that entire table by hand?  Or did you do some initial roughing out with the 1400 I see in the background?

 

[itasor]

What is the black material on the shop floor?

 

[rvieceli]

What is the black material on the shop floor?

My guess is that it is some kind of "horse stall" mat like this:
http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/rubber-mat-black-4-ft-x-6-ft

 

[HMR]

Looks great!  Did you CNC those scooped chair seats or do them by hand?  I only ask because I have a VCarve file on my CNC that does that exact shape you used.  The CNC definitely gives me better results than when I used to scoop seats with an angle grinder.  If you did all those by hand, I'm even more impressed!

 

[dukebird]

Hey guys thanks for the looks.  I used a worm drive skilsaw to cut a thousand squares in the bottom of the table and broke them out with the chisel.  Then built a router sled to smooth the inside. 

Yes stall matts  Tractor supply was where I got them

The seats were done with a table saw.  I watched a popular woodworking video and built a jig and it worked pretty well.    Then came the sanding.  I used Rotex 150 and finished them with the new ets ec 150.  Chairs require huge amounts of sanding

 

[danbox]

Buy yourself a donut wheel for a mini grinder to holo out the seats and a template if needed until you get use to the tool, carving is so quick with these.

Depending on your grinder you can also make a jig for repeated work, saves allot of time.

 

[dukebird]

danbox i was amazed at how fast i could do a seat.  It probably took 10 minutes per seaton the saw and then 10 minutes to sand.  I looked at the kutzall and the others.  I would love the creative side of using them.  If i was just making just one that is how i would have done it. 

 

[Iceclimber]

That is really really nice.

I have simular bench project planned inspired by a Mosher mailer i got a number of months ago.

I already have a dinnig set i love and refuse to part with so no need for the table and chairs.

Sure wish i had the room and need though as i would love to build something in this style.

 

[dukebird]

thanks for the compliments ice.      I think the most useful tool in building the chairs and bench was the domino xl.  I wanted the mortises to be on  parallel with the rails.  So i cut all the mortises deep before all of the tapered cuts.  The trick was the 10 degree mortise in the back legs so i built a reference jig  to  mortise parallel with the resting surface of the floor.  If that makes any sense.