Rafter Tail Tables Part 5 : Routing the Top and Thoughts on Finishing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- This series has been a step back in time. The videos were originally produced in the Popular Woodworking Studio in Cincinnati. The rights have recently reverted back to me .
In this segment I cover cutting out the top and a short discussion on finishing.
To follow along and/or build this piece start with Part 1 of this series. The Woodworking Plans are available at my website: furnituremaker...
This concludes the Rafter Tail Tables build.
Excellent series. I’ve made a few G&G inspired pieces mainly from American cherry. I have to admit that I don’t like using stains and try to avoid wherever possible. The pieces on cherry evolve into a natural shade that I like - even that process of the cherry maturing is good to see.
I’m in the process of completing a barn conversion and are using about £16,000 worth of European oak for everything from doors, door linings and sidings, skirtings, coving etc. as the aesthetic is largely British Arts and Crafts, we want the fumed oak appearance that was very common to that era. My days of actual fuming are long over - it’s a nasty messy process and I’m not sure that I could fume 3m lengths of 145 x 20 anyway. I experimented and opted for Rubio Monocoat smoked oak finish and really like how it’s turning out.
I’ve also made a 3m long waney edge coffee table out of lacewood/London plane. It had lots of voids and I’ve filled those with “bronze” resin. Resin is done with me when kept to a minimum and only to allow the slab to be used as I want it. That is finished with Odies although I do need to go over it again as I didn’t finish it as well as I should have.
Soon to start one or two sofas in the American prairie/craftsman style. Each about 2.4m long and I’m using Red Grandis for that. It’s the first time for me using this timber and so it will be interesting to see how it machines and how the colour is. I’m hoping that a finish like tinted shellac will be all I need to achieve a mellow finish which will gradually mature with age.
Hi Theo, I have use cherry for many G&G projects. It's a wonderful wood and yes - it does age/darken beautifully on its own without satin.
Many years ago I tried fuming American white oak. I liked how it looked, but I agree it is very nasty stuff to work with. I haven't done any fuming since.
Good luck with your barn conversion - sounds like a big project!
@@DarrellPeartFurnitureMaker thank you for the reply. It’s a large barn at about 490 square metres but could be characterless - English planning laws and the authorities that are supposed to be guided them are intrinsically designed to deter innovation. For ours, we had to convert using the same size and shape of the original steel barn - that meant it had to be a plain box on the exterior. We do manage to get a balcony one end and are asking for permission to build a large porch/canopy covering the front doors. To avoid the interior being bland in the extreme, we are using lots of “fumed” oak and colour on the walls. As well as all the 2nd fix (finish) joinery, we are building interior pieces such as sofas, chairs and wardrobes - all in our favourite style of British Arts and Crafts.
I say “we” because, at my age, the amount of physical work I can do gets more and more limited. However, one of our sons is a gifted joiner but had never worked on anything of this scale. So, we are using my designs and, to begin with, my ideas on process but then the son takes over and does the donkey work. We should be finally finished early 2023 but are actually moving in next week as our current house has been sold. I’m really looking forward to the time when I can just take my time and make pieces at my pace.
Nicely done Darrell, you are an excellent teacher. On the dye application, I have resorted to spraying as it is much easier to avoid the runs in the corners. For finish, I use the General Finishes Satin Gel Topcoat for the tabletops and spray dewaxed orange shellac everywhere else. Steve
Thanks, Steve! For the last few years I have been using Livos. I still like the results with the General Finishes top coat but the odor was getting to me.
I bought a house that I am building most of the furniture for. I just finished a Hal Taylor rocker and am now going to build this and two end tables to match. After working with quarter sawn and fumed oak, cherry and mesquite, I have settled on making all the furniture for this house out of mesquite.
At one time you had used fused glass to top the rafter table. Can you share where you get the fused glass tops made. If I cannot get the fused glass, I will have a nice stone top made. Thanks for sharing your knowledge on G&G style.
The fused glass tops were done by Seattle Glass artist Doug Hansen. His phone number is 206 719 9980