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  1. 09-08-2016, 9:49 PM #1
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    Simple dining table

    I wish simple meant fast, but I'm slowwww. We've had these plywood chairs forever, and my wife loves them, so I did my best to make something to go with them. I can't stand kicking stretchers and bumping into table skirts, so I kept the base super simple. It doesn't show in the pictures very well, but the top has a slight boat shape.

    BTW, getting a decent photo of a table in a small room with an iPhone is hard.

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  3. 09-08-2016, 9:57 PM #2
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    Simple with clean lines. I like it!
    Nicely done Jesse!
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  4. 09-08-2016, 10:05 PM #3
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    I really like the grain of the top. What material is the table made from & what finish did you use?
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  5. 09-08-2016, 10:46 PM #4
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    Thanks for the kind remarks, guys

    Doh, I totally forgot the technical details: the base is ash, and the top is Japanese sen on Baltic birch (backside is ash). The legs are joined with pinned tenons, and the top is attached with z clips. Finish is poly over blond shellac.

    A couple random shop photos:

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  6. 09-09-2016, 1:15 AM #5
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    Very nice work. I like the contrast between the light and the dark.
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    So you made a table cuz your wife had the chairs? Lucky it wasn't the other way around. Woodworking is laborious enough as it is. Sweet grain on the top and elegant design.
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    Superb top. Well done!
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  9. 09-15-2016, 9:28 AM #8
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    simple yet looks presentable.. I like the top too
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  10. 09-15-2016, 9:43 AM #9
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    I like simple and I like that table. "Simple" is often associated with crude but you've proved that it can also be elegant.
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  11. 09-15-2016, 9:45 PM #10
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    Very nice, Jesse. Love the wood grain. BTW, in the first photo there is a vise with a cool looking chrome handle...what brand is that?
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  12. 09-17-2016, 1:14 AM #11
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    Thanks again for the comments, everyone. I forgot to mention that I had never veneered something that large before, and I blew it the first time. It was a great learning experience though, and I got lots of practice jointing and taping veneers . I salvaged what I could from the failure for some shelves in my wife's sewing room.

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    Very nice, Jesse. Love the wood grain. BTW, in the first photo there is a vise with a cool looking chrome handle...what brand is that?
    IIRC, I bought the vise from Lee Valley. It's worked well for me, but it's definitely not a fancy vise. Goes well with my not-so-fancy workbench.
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  13. 09-17-2016, 1:18 AM #12
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    Agreed! As much as I like working in the garage, building a set of identical chairs might break me.
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  14. 09-17-2016, 12:10 PM #13
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    Nice table... I like the shape! The veneer top is fantastic.

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