Thorsen Side Table Challenge01

Great table Neil. I like the handle.

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Very nice, it looks like you added a drawer. It was fun wasn’t it. Good Luck!

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Great Job Neil. Congratulations on finishing.

I knew the sandbaggers would be out tonight.

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Nice…. you stretched this one a bit…, though it looks perfectly proportional.

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Neil -

Awesome! Great looking table.

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Clean lines! Awesome table!

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There’s something to be said about sticking to the basics – this is a nice simple interpretation, Neil. It’s amazing just how varied each table has been.

Nice work.

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Excellent rendition…

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nice,are you going to show the work on you podcast neil?

-- Phil, Chattanooga,TN

Great job.

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this is such a sweet table. Makes me want to hug it!! :D
Well done

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Great looking table, what kinds of wood did you use? Looks almost like mahogany and walnut.

-- Rick - Spring, TX

Great table and interpretation. Aren’t making pegs fun?

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Thank you all for the kind words. The positive attitude of this forum is so attractive to me….GREAT!!!!

Scottb has mentioed changing the dimensions, so I put together of quick sketch of the dimensions. My intent was to treat the side table as a nightstand. Here are some further changes I would make. It’s still a bit small for (our habbits) as a nightstand, so I’d work the length and depth again slightly, this would also increase the depth of the lower rail (or shelf). I’d also change the thickness of the interior drawer stock and make the exposed end grain 9/16 or 5/8. I think the 3/4 is a bit to much. Hope this info helps.

Rentman asked about podcast….......well that was the intent but I got so far behind in my work that the time wasn’t there to film, as it was; fumes were pretty heavy when I took the photograph. Maybe down the rode, I’m not sure what the interest would be outside of the Challenge. Thanks for asking though.

Rickin Texas ask about wood selection. I’m not really sure of the exact species, it’s from wood that I had on hand, I’m going to assume it’s Sapelle because that’s all the wood supplier I use, carry’s. And Broadly stated….it’s in the mahogany family. The legs are definitely darker but not as dark as they appear. I think that’s my fast photography. It’s kinda like the top appearing to be 2 toned, that’s just grain direction and the light bounce back. Those colors are the same.

Again, I had alot of fun with this build, but for me It’s more the positive comradery that I like…...THANKS….......Neil

how lond did it take you to make?

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