Thread: We Have Skills Too !!

Originally Posted by tintin

That is just amazing! i can't imagine anybody doing something like that.

I do it with a mill, a lathe and CAD prints. John Browning done it with an idea. THAT is amazing!

Locally cut red oak, seats 8 comfortably. We bought our house in June, 2010. I started working on the table a few hours a week that autumn & finished it just in time for us to have our first Christmas dinner in our new home on it. We lived in an apartment before that, it was our first and hopefully only house. The clear coat was still tacky when we carried it from the garage into the dining room Christmas morning.




Everybody just turn your monitor on its side whenever you see me post

Beautiful!

Originally Posted by KenWeir

Locally cut red oak, seats 8 comfortably. We bought our house in June, 2010. I started working on the table a few hours a week that autumn & finished it just in time for us to have our first Christmas dinner in our new home on it. We lived in an apartment before that, it was our first and hopefully only house. The clear coat was still tacky when we carried it from the garage into the dining room Christmas morning.




Everybody just turn your monitor on its side whenever you see me post

I just had a good laugh at myself.

I got focused on the table but though to myself that is a strange cutout on the end.

Then I realized it was the chair back....

Sort of an optical illusion. Now when I look at it all I see is the chair!

Yeah that is nice work. Is it veneer or solid oak?

Originally Posted by 32t

I just had a good laugh at myself.

I got focused on the table but though to myself that is a strange cutout on the end.

Then I realized it was the chair back....

Sort of an optical illusion. Now when I look at it all I see is the chair!

That's funny! We just threw the chairs in there for the picture, I didn't have time to space them out correctly. Heck, I didn't have time for anything, with the family coming over and us cooking everything.

You can't see it in the photo but there are tiny bubbles in the finish all over the table. It was only 35 degrees the night before but I needed something on it so a spill wouldn't stain the wood. After it warmed up a few months later I sanded the table down & redid it.

Originally Posted by Grazor

Yeah that is nice work. Is it veneer or solid oak?

It's solid. I planed about 1/16" off so it's just under a half inch thick, with a frame underneath to keep it from sagging.

Originally Posted by 32t

I just had a good laugh at myself.

I got focused on the table but though to myself that is a strange cutout on the end.

Then I realized it was the chair back....

Sort of an optical illusion. Now when I look at it all I see is the chair!

I did the EXACT same thing!

I'm guessing that it's a .45 cal?

Originally Posted by AcesandEights

Well, because my FFL (Federal Firearms License) is a 'retail and gunsmith' license, not a 'manufacturer' license, ummm, I only build these for my 'personal use', not for sale in my shop.

Nice machining Aces, great lines to that sidearm. The oak tables a grand piece as well Ken. This thread is awesome for the diversity and quality of works your guys are all into..
Cheers..