Tassie Blackwood Sofa Table

[ROb McGilp]

Felicitations good members,
Here are some pics of a sofa table I made using Tasmanian Blackwood with Red Gum as bread board ends.
The table is approx 80cm tall, 135cm long and 45cm wide.
Timbers were cut to size using the good ole' TS75, all joints are either 5mm or 6mm dominoes and the table was prepared for finishing using an RO150, ETS150/3 and DTS400.
Jointing of the top and shelf boards was done using only the TS75.
Thicknessing and resawing were done with generic planer and bandsaw. (Taiwanese).
The table is finished in Wattyl Scandinavian oil, then sealed with UBeaut Traditional Wax then buffed with a Swansdown mop.

Regards,

Rob

 

[Bill Wyko]

Beautiful Job! Your choice of woods are spectacular very cleandesign too. the finish looks perfect as well.

 

[Dave Rudy]

Fantastic, Rob.

What's a Swansdown mop (I thought it might be Eli's hairdo, but then again. . .)

 

[ROb McGilp]

Hi Dave,

A Swansdown mop is a whole mess o' soft cotton circles connected together to form a buff. The collected circles are then attached with a bolt through the middle, then placed in a drill chuck and used for polishing. The advantage it gives is that, unlike a lambswool buffer, it turns only one way and you get a brilliant finish without cross marks from the ROS movement. It gives a significantly better finish than the lambswool pads.
Here's some pics.
These are available from UBeaut in Australia. Try;
http://www.ubeaut.com.au/ubhome.htm

Regards,

Rob

 

[robtonya]

nice work. I like your mop too. That is my favorite Dremel tool, the mini mop.