Large Conference Table For Bank. Stays Here In Lincoln

Looks good Timmy.

Was Alder specified for the table? I was wondering why it was used. Alder is soft and you went to a fairly dark color.

Is this a combination you have tried before?

Nickao
 
nickao said:
Looks good Timmy.

Was Alder specified for the table? I was wondering why it was used. Alder is soft and you went to a fairly dark color.

Is this a combination you have tried before?

Nickao
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Hey Nick, yes the Alder is something that i have used many times before.  Over the past couple years cabinets, knotty alder trim, and places like Pottery Barn and Restoration Hardware have promoted Alder as some exotic wood (in my opinion).  I began using Alder in some of the replications I did.  You used to be able to pick up Alder cheap...truly the "Poor Man's Cherry"; however, any more it is not as much of a bargain.  Matching the existing furniture at the bank was important.  They started with Alder, so we replicated that in the table.  Sometimes Alder can be a bit squirrely but we had pretty good yield, and luck with it.

Timmy
 
I just completed little 36" star made out of Alder and Maple. I was surprised how soft the Alder is. It is in the Birch family, I would say maybe half as hard as Birch though.  Of course I don't use stains, it looks pretty awesome with a clear finish.

That color looks like it belongs in a bank. The quality and wood you are using looks far superior to most bank furniture I have seen, save some main offices in downtown Chicago. This must be one heck of a bank.

Is it a old building or have architectural significance?

Nickao
 
Timmy & RW, I cannot wait to see the top once it has been rubbed out. As it is it is gorgeous but I can just imagine the final results.  :D By the way, if you have seen the clip here on the forum of the polishing by the Rotex on bare wood well then as a Festool dealer it behooves you to use this marvelous tool on the table top and of course video it.  ;) :D ;D Fred
 
I can not use knotty wood at all everything must be 100% clear. I have a bunch of Alder, luckily I never need near the quantity you guys used on this table RW. Matching existing color is always tough your work is cut out for you.

I have a feeling your top is better quality then the rest of the furniture and if it passes your eye the people at the bank will be ecstatic. You have looked at the top so long and so hard that it will never look great to you, until maybe next month after you do not see it for a while. I go through this all the time when I work on the same inlay for weeks.

It will rub out great I am sure!

Nickao
 
Table Update.  We have been a bit slammed with the repacking of the MFT/3's (NOT A PLUG!).  So much so that I missed getting pics of the initial hand rub RW did with a block, pumice, and his special sauce; Paraffin Oil and Mineral Spirits.  He uses a hard felt block, the "special sauce" and then 1500grit wet dry paper.  On some of the "pits" that developed, he added drops of lacquer and came back over them to smooth it. 

However, I did come out of the "Junkie Command Center" to get some shots of the mechanical rub.

We are using the ETS 150/3 with a 1/2" foam interface pad and Hard Felt.  Sander setting is between 2 and 3ish.

The tale is getting to be as smooth as a "....... " (you fill in the blank).  Actually, it would be fun to hear/read some of those analogies...lol

Timmy
 
nickao said:
Now thats where an 8" sander would come in handy!
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Only if it was Festool Nick  ;)

Nice to hear you got locked in your shop yesterday.  Hopefully you got a ton-o-work done.  I know you have a deadline coming up.

Timmy
 
I just got done reading the posts I missed. If I wasn't waiting for client responses on email today I would shut this computer down! Dam thing is addictive as much as Festools!

Nice table, but who is really doing all that sanding, RW?

Nickao
 
nickao said:
I just got done reading the posts I missed. If I wasn't waiting for client responses on email today I would shut this computer down! Dam thing is addictive as much as Festools!

Nice table, but who is really doing all that sanding, RW?

Nickao
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Yup, Mr. RW is indeed doing the sanding.  Sinuses and Finish Dust just don't mix.  Buy by golly, I could do it...lol.
 
nickao said:
Did the final pics for this ever post Timmy?

Nickao
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We go to install tomorrow.  Here is a couple that I don't believe I have posted.

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Side Note:  As most of you know the sinus thing went so smooth it was scary.  However, I got a call from my E.N.T. two days ago on my personal cellular.  I typically don't answer "Private" numbers on my personal...so I just let it ride until I could get to vm.  Four calls in a matter of 2 hours.  I finally pick it up, and it is the E.N.T. !!!  Using his personal cellular???  Go figr.  Anywhose, evidently my cultures came back and they cannot identify the "fungus based bacteria" that is working to bring me down in my sinus.  So, i get to go to an "infectious disease" specialist at the end of the month.  I asked him if I should be worried about it, and he replied: "they don't seem to worried if they don't have room for you until the end of the month." 

So, WEAR A MASK WHEN YOU ARE WORKING WITH WOOD!  All of this started a couple years ago when I was working with a lot of Bubinga, Wenge, and Cocobola...I am going to get my card scraper out and take some samples of the shaving to the specialist....stay tuned for further update.

Seriously folks, WEAR A MASK WHEN YOU ARE WORKING WOOD.  Perhaps a Festool Mask would make this chore of putting one on easier... ;D ;D ;D ;)

Timmy C
 
I likey!

I used to make the inlays like that.

nothing is better than a high gloss floor, but nothing is worse than the high gloss floor with all the small scratches reflecting in the light! So a sheen like that is best for a table. SWEET!

Nice work on the sanding RW! Did RW do the finishing too?

Nickao
 
Timmy C said:
Side Note:  As most of you know the sinus thing went so smooth it was scary.  However, I got a call from my E.N.T. two days ago on my personal cellular.  I typically don't answer "Private" numbers on my personal...so I just let it ride until I could get to vm.  Four calls in a matter of 2 hours.  I finally pick it up, and it is the E.N.T. !!!  Using his personal cellular???  Go figr.  Anywhose, evidently my cultures came back and they cannot identify the "fungus based bacteria" that is working to bring me down in my sinus.  So, i get to go to an "infectious disease" specialist at the end of the month.  I asked him if I should be worried about it, and he replied: "they don't seem to worried if they don't have room for you until the end of the month." 

So, WEAR A MASK WHEN YOU ARE WORKING WITH WOOD!  All of this started a couple years ago when I was working with a lot of Bubinga, Wenge, and Cocobola...I am going to get my card scraper out and take some samples of the shaving to the specialist....stay tuned for further update.

Seriously folks, WEAR A MASK WHEN YOU ARE WORKING WOOD.  Perhaps a Festool Mask would make this chore of putting one on easier... ;D ;D ;D ;)

Timmy C
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Hi Timmy, the table is absolutely beautiful.

On your side note my culture always comes back with a "really rare fungus which is very hard to get rid of" that is my doc's words.  It seems that we can get under control for short periods of time then it comes back.  Sinuses problems suck.  I would not get to worried just because your doctor has never seen that fungus, the specialist may know what it is right off the bat.  I had a skin issue where my skin was rotting off my hands and neck and the dermatologist did a culture and told me they had no idea what it was but they gave 3 different medicines to take care of infection and fungus.  They also gave me silverdine to cure the wound from the inside out.  My point to this rambling is they cured me and I have not had another breakout.  Wish you all the luck.
 
RW said:
My next project, not tied to work (other than sending someone's kids to college on all the stuff I'm buying) is a pembroke table. I have no clue what I'm doing. Hopefully I don't butcher it all to heck, but the gameplan is largely one of interesting veneer. Oval top, all pommele Sapele, fiddleback Sapele sides, face, back, and I found an ubersexy Karelian Birch burl that I'm going to oval inlay into the curved drawer face. The legs have book inlays, icycles, strings, and ebony socks. Theres even a solitary bloodwood berry in there. Today I started thinking of tying in the ebony by banding the whole top in that too. Who knows.

So far all the parts are roughed out and the curved pieces cut. I still need to chop mortises and do a test run of the rule joint with my hinges before any miscalculation there gets transferred to something that matters.

Yes Dan, thats why I asked about the LN stuff . . .
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You're gonna have to take pics as you go along.

I did e-mail Rob but haven't heard back as of yet and will call him later on today.

Cheers
Dan Clermont
 
Dan Clermont said:
You're gonna have to take pics as you go along.

I did e-mail Rob but haven't heard back as of yet and will call him later on today.

Cheers
Dan Clermont
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Dan, are you going to pick up the picture cop's badge?  ;)
 
Today was the big day.  The table was finally delivered to Community Bank of Lincoln.  Randy did an absolutely marvy job with this thing, and I would like to say Thanks for the hard work Rdub.  Very nicely done!!!

Timmy
 
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