Ok guys and gals...Its all done!! Arts and Crafts dining room table, and 4 chairs! I started on the table the first week of June. It took me 6 weeks to complete along with a full time job! Then I began on the chairs. There are 42 mortises and tenons per chair. They took me 9 weeks to complete!! I have no idea how many hours I have in the whole thing, nor do I care! My wife and I are very happy how they came out. I have not done upholstery before, so I learned this afternoon! Not as tough as I thought, it went quite well. All quarter sawn white oak. I posted the table several weeks ago. All total, I have about $1200.00 on wood invested on this project. I used transtint water dye, and 6 coats of wipe on poly, then a coat of wax. All my wife talks about is how she will have decorated on Thanksgiving Day!! Come to think about it, we all here at the Sawmill should give thanks to have the chance to do this craft we all love!
My daughter collects purses, sooo.... the next project is a hall tree, but one for purses!! A purse tree, if you will!
Thanks for looking,
Mike