Another Blast from the Past 4

[steven newman]

Just two older projects.   The table started out as a "Kitchen Office" sort of thing.    Daughter had a chair, and needed a small table to match.  It also had to fit in a certain spot...

Front legs were tapered on two sides ( hand planed)  back legs were left square.   Top is a glue up, of two pieces of waterbed frame.   The rebate where the plywood base went?  that is the glue joint, I merely cleaned it up.  Frame work under the top?

Ah yes,  this is what the Dungeon Shop started out as. The slab in the background is the top for the table.    Mortise & Tenon for the corners, with glue blocks to help out.   Center slat was dovetailed in place, by hand.  As for the edges of the top....router maybe?   No...

These things made a bevel on the edges....

 

Now, about the second item.....seems a long time past, an old carriage house/ garage decided to fall down.   Rot and decay.   I was able to scrounge a few planks and beams from it....LOTS of cut nails.    Resaw a lot of oak "rafters"  watching sparks fly as I found the nails I missed.   Was that many.  cheap Irwin 10" rip blade.    Got enough boards out of it for a chest of sorts.

Stained a dark walnut colour ( Daughter liked that shade) frame and raised panel chest.   Top had breadboard edges..

Defects, nail holes and all.   It has survived 1/2 a dozen moves, an apartment fire,  and who knows what else.  one panel has  a cracked glue joint.   Still going strong.  Maybe 100 yr old Oak.

[Grandpadave52]

Steve, your re-claiming, re-purposing, ingenuity and creativity are spectacular.  Very nicely done...BTW, the two cordless planers  shown are pretty nice too!

[Chips N Dust]

Very nice projects. Thanks for sharing