Hi guys, these were done quite a few years ago but since I have been putting up build posts of my wood working machines and got asked to see some of my wood project that I have done I thought I will put some up. More to follow.
Moved interstate and sold off my furniture, arrived in Queensland, Australia, so after buying the essentials such as beds, fridge, TV etc. I thought about building a nice solid Jarrah table. Only had minimal tools such as an electric plane, a small power wood saw, a hand saw, a orbital 1/4 sheet sander, a 4" angle grinder and a couple of slash clamps.
Went out a bought a load of Jarrah timber, got the supplier to dress and size them for me and when I moved to a more permanent house decided to build it in the garage. End result was a dining table, 2 small coffee tables, 1 long coffee table and 10 chairs (with 4 of them being spares). It will seat eight but that is getting real cosy!. The table was 2.3m long x 0.97m wide and weighs about 150Kg, had to get a length of the widest timber band sawed by a timber furniture company to make the backs of the chairs, all the timber was 33mm thick and really hard so gave up trying to use a hand saw. (Also went out and bought a jig saw but that was useless as well). The two small coffee tables were basically made from left overs that is why one of the tops was made from 2 pieces of board and the other out of 3.
The true colour of all the tables and chairs is more like the first pic of the dining table but the flash brings out the patterns better, the freshly prepared timber started out much brighter and lighter but over the years it got progressively darker. Probably a chemical reaction to light. The wood is sealed with a polyurethane paint to protect it.
The only thing I wasn't happy with was when I delivered the chairs to an upholsterer as he did a really poor job on them. Will get them recovered in the next year or so , probably with a nice brown, red or creamy velvet or something.
Moved interstate and sold off my furniture, arrived in Queensland, Australia, so after buying the essentials such as beds, fridge, TV etc. I thought about building a nice solid Jarrah table. Only had minimal tools such as an electric plane, a small power wood saw, a hand saw, a orbital 1/4 sheet sander, a 4" angle grinder and a couple of slash clamps.
Went out a bought a load of Jarrah timber, got the supplier to dress and size them for me and when I moved to a more permanent house decided to build it in the garage. End result was a dining table, 2 small coffee tables, 1 long coffee table and 10 chairs (with 4 of them being spares). It will seat eight but that is getting real cosy!. The table was 2.3m long x 0.97m wide and weighs about 150Kg, had to get a length of the widest timber band sawed by a timber furniture company to make the backs of the chairs, all the timber was 33mm thick and really hard so gave up trying to use a hand saw. (Also went out and bought a jig saw but that was useless as well). The two small coffee tables were basically made from left overs that is why one of the tops was made from 2 pieces of board and the other out of 3.
The true colour of all the tables and chairs is more like the first pic of the dining table but the flash brings out the patterns better, the freshly prepared timber started out much brighter and lighter but over the years it got progressively darker. Probably a chemical reaction to light. The wood is sealed with a polyurethane paint to protect it.
The only thing I wasn't happy with was when I delivered the chairs to an upholsterer as he did a really poor job on them. Will get them recovered in the next year or so , probably with a nice brown, red or creamy velvet or something.