Quarter-Sawn White Oak End Tables
Roseann asked me I if would be interested in building her a couple of mission end tables to match her mission sofa I built. I love working with white oak, and a new Steel City cabinet saw was on my radar screen, so the answer was easy.
I used the same finish as her mission sofa. It is a lot of work, but I feel it really shows off the QSWO and is worth it.
- lockwood american walnut water-based dye mixed 1 lb. in 8 gals.
- 1.5# blonde shellac (sealcoat) sanded lightly with 400
- varathane mission brown oil-based stain as a glaze
- 3 wiped on coats of waterlox original sealer/finish
- 1 wiped on coat of a 50/50 mixture of waterlox sealer/finish and satin |
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| As usual, I got my great looking QSWO from George in Glenwood. One thing I would probably change are the figure 8 fasteners. They are noticeable here, but no one will see them unless they are on the floor. |
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| The legs are 1 3/4" thick and all I had was 4/4 stock. I was careful in picking out rift-sawn boards to laminate for the legs. You have to look very hard on all of the legs to tell which side is laminated. I used my Leigh dovetail jig for the drawers. |
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| After pulling out board after board, I realized that it was going to be hard to get 3 QSWO boards to look seamless. Getting the grain to match is easy but matching the ray fleck is something different. So, I went with the boards that really stood out. The flash probably exaggerates the ray fleck a bit, but it shows why I really like this finish. |
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| Here is an updated picture of a table in Roseann's house. |
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