QSWO Dining Table

Very nice! Elegant design. Please share your finish recipe.

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That is truly beautiful.

Thanks, Captain. Glad to share finish recipe—nothing special, just what’s worked for me to match woodwork in room.
- not a purist (no fuming and just not that skilled in any case)
- stain= Woodwright Northern Indiana collection old world mission – CF-5190 http://www.woodwrightfinish.com/stains-northern_indiana_collection.htm , 2 applications by brush, both light (excess rubbed off after just a bit); let dry for min. 4 days
- finish=General Stains Enduro Var Urethane semi gloss (water-based) https://generalfinishes.com/professional-products/water-base-topcoats-and-sanding-sealers/enduro-var#.Vj-K4nv7LqQ 3 applications to base; 5 applications to top/sides, using Homestead finishing Taklon brush. Light sanding (respectively higher grits) between coats and buff.

-- Pete Shively in Madison

Very nice! Nothing beats quarter-sawn oak….

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Pete, that is fantastic. Does it expand? Next you need to make matching chairs. :D

-- Art

That is beautiful

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Thanks, Art. It does expand (I re-used the undercarriage hardware from the old table). I’m working on a couple leafs now/yet. And totally agree that matching chairs are needed next. Those in pictures are from old dining set.

-- Pete Shively in Madison

Well now, there is about a kilobuck of QSWO put to good use! That is beautiful, and you got the rays to come out nicely. I hope that finish is really tough, or that there is some other sacrificial surface used to avoid scorch and score marks.

-- Steven.......Random Orbital Nailer

great design

Thanks, Dark_Lightning. I was able in this case to manage better than a kilobuck on the oak—I think about $250 in all; and that total was only because I had a couple very generous suppliers for most of it that had remnant stock in barns that they were willing to sell at very bargain prices. But full retail price now…yep, ouch, which I did pay for 2-3 boards.

On the finish…yep, I’m a bit concerned too..it seems to be hardening further with each day, but still…and given the proclivities of 3 teenage boys in the house….Maybe a Kevlar covering…?

-- Pete Shively in Madison

On the finish…yep, I m a bit concerned too..it seems to be hardening further with each day, but still…and given the proclivities of 3 teenage boys in the house….Maybe a Kevlar covering…?

- Pete Shively

LOL with work that nice, it needs to be Diamond coated!!!
but seriously Fantastic job!!!!

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