Sk

Swingman

29/09/2012 5:37 PM

Re: Saga of the Sofa Table

On 9/19/2012 10:37 AM, Swingman wrote:
> Finally, some vertical movement:
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopArtsCraftsSofaTable#5789911279201357762
>
>
> Somewhere in that pile of QSRO lurks The Sofa Table ...

Basic frame is complete. Top, corbels (already made, but will be mounted
after the top is installed) and the two drawers remain. The panel
glue-up of the top is in the foreground waiting for an overnight glue cure.

https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopArtsCraftsSofaTable#5793729854076858386


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Du

Dave

in reply to Swingman on 29/09/2012 5:37 PM

29/09/2012 6:43 PM

On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:37:27 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>Basic frame is complete. Top, corbels (already made, but will be mounted
>after the top is installed) and the two drawers remain. The panel
>glue-up of the top is in the foreground waiting for an overnight glue cure.
>https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopArtsCraftsSofaTable#5793729854076858386

I figured out why you and Leon get along so well. You're both
workaholics.

What is it? Computer, woodworking, kiss the wife good night, sleep,
repeat?

MM

Mike M

in reply to Swingman on 29/09/2012 5:37 PM

29/09/2012 6:11 PM

On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:37:27 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:

>On 9/19/2012 10:37 AM, Swingman wrote:
>> Finally, some vertical movement:
>>
>> https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopArtsCraftsSofaTable#5789911279201357762
>>
>>
>> Somewhere in that pile of QSRO lurks The Sofa Table ...
>
>Basic frame is complete. Top, corbels (already made, but will be mounted
>after the top is installed) and the two drawers remain. The panel
>glue-up of the top is in the foreground waiting for an overnight glue cure.
>
>https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopArtsCraftsSofaTable#5793729854076858386

That's coming together nicely. I should do more of the finishing as
you go. Looks great.

Mike M

Sk

Swingman

in reply to Mike M on 29/09/2012 6:11 PM

30/09/2012 2:18 AM

Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote:

> Except for the pigment shitting in the grain, it looks pretty good.
> Look at the inside of the left front leg (probably two sides of all
> legs).
> That's why I hate stain. I wish guys would fume (when
> possible) or use dye instead of stain.

One man's poi is another man's poison, C_Less ... some folks prefer the
actual grain of a block of wood, no matter how stained, over say, the fake
look of a quadrilinear leg. And, unlike critics who know the way, but can't
drive the car, those capable of paying the piper call the tune. ;)

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Sk

Swingman

in reply to Swingman on 30/09/2012 2:18 AM

30/09/2012 1:53 PM

basilisk <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Table is looking good.

Thanks.

> And speaking of people able to pay the piper, I just got a request
> to make a round coffee table with a round inset glass top, the recess
> has to be deep enough to put a round Auburn University picture puzzle
> in for permanent display. Personally I think the whole idea is shit, but
> they have money to spend and being a bit of a whore in that regard, I'll
> oblige them. :)

Yep ... Just about everything you do in woodworking, and construction, that
involves a client means some degree of compromise, even if you do it for
yourself, unless you're an unmarried hermit.

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Swingman

in reply to Swingman on 30/09/2012 2:18 AM

30/09/2012 9:25 AM

Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I've gotta say I prefer the look of the rays on all sides, but
> pigmented stain just looks like shit to me. Have you tried dye?
> I bet you'd prefer it.

Perhaps, if I could accurately judge colors ... you're talking to a man who
colored grass pink until he learned to read the label on a crayon. :)

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LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to Swingman on 30/09/2012 2:18 AM

30/09/2012 7:59 AM

On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:25:36 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:

>Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I've gotta say I prefer the look of the rays on all sides, but
>> pigmented stain just looks like shit to me. Have you tried dye?
>> I bet you'd prefer it.
>
>Perhaps, if I could accurately judge colors ... you're talking to a man who
>colored grass pink until he learned to read the label on a crayon. :)

EEK!

Try some dye on another scrap piece. I'll bet you like it better in
the grain. More class. Much less IN-YOUR-FACE, knowwhatImean,Vern?

--
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
-- Thomas Jefferson

Mm

-MIKE-

in reply to Swingman on 30/09/2012 2:18 AM

30/09/2012 11:56 AM

On 9/30/12 9:59 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:25:36 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've gotta say I prefer the look of the rays on all sides, but
>>> pigmented stain just looks like shit to me. Have you tried dye?
>>> I bet you'd prefer it.
>>
>> Perhaps, if I could accurately judge colors ... you're talking to a man who
>> colored grass pink until he learned to read the label on a crayon. :)
>
> EEK!
>
> Try some dye on another scrap piece. I'll bet you like it better in
> the grain. More class. Much less IN-YOUR-FACE, knowwhatImean,Vern?
>
> --
> Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
> -- Thomas Jefferson
>

Dye is fun to mess around with. It is to stain what stain is to paint.


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LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to Mike M on 29/09/2012 6:11 PM

30/09/2012 5:03 AM

On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 02:18:44 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:

>Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Except for the pigment shitting in the grain, it looks pretty good.
>> Look at the inside of the left front leg (probably two sides of all
>> legs).
>> That's why I hate stain. I wish guys would fume (when
>> possible) or use dye instead of stain.
>
>One man's poi is another man's poison, C_Less

Truth!


>... some folks prefer the
>actual grain of a block of wood, no matter how stained, over say, the fake
>look of a quadrilinear leg.

I've gotta say I prefer the look of the rays on all sides, but
pigmented stain just looks like shit to me. Have you tried dye?
I bet you'd prefer it.


>And, unlike critics who know the way, but can't
>drive the car, those capable of paying the piper call the tune. ;)

Pfffft! ;)

--
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
-- Thomas Jefferson

bb

basilisk

in reply to Mike M on 29/09/2012 6:11 PM

30/09/2012 3:06 PM

On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 02:18:44 -0500, Swingman wrote:

> Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Except for the pigment shitting in the grain, it looks pretty good.
>> Look at the inside of the left front leg (probably two sides of all
>> legs).
>> That's why I hate stain. I wish guys would fume (when
>> possible) or use dye instead of stain.
>
> One man's poi is another man's poison, C_Less ... some folks prefer the
> actual grain of a block of wood, no matter how stained, over say, the
> fake look of a quadrilinear leg. And, unlike critics who know the way,
> but can't drive the car, those capable of paying the piper call the
> tune. ;)

Table is looking good.

And speaking of people able to pay the piper, I just got a request
to make a round coffee table with a round inset glass top, the recess
has to be deep enough to put a round Auburn University picture puzzle
in for permanent display. Personally I think the whole idea is shit, but
they have money to spend and being a bit of a whore in that regard, I'll
oblige them. :)

basilisk



--
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Sk

Swingman

in reply to Swingman on 29/09/2012 5:37 PM

30/09/2012 1:18 PM

On 9/30/2012 10:19 AM, Leon wrote:
> On 9/30/2012 10:10 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:

>>>> Except for the pigment shitting in the grain, it looks pretty good.
>>>> Look at the inside of the left front leg (probably two sides of all
>>>> legs). That's why I hate stain. I wish guys would fume (when
>>>> possible) or use dye instead of stain.
>>>
>>>
>>> So show us some of your fumed work Larry. Let us see what you are
>>> talking about.
>>
>> I tried it on scrap once but didn't keep it. For years, I was going
>> to build an A&C sofa but finally realized that it wouldn't have been
>> comfortable, so I never made it.
>
>
> Well how about that!
>
> Unlike youse guys, I haven't built
>> much furniture (but neither have -any- of our customers, huh, guys?)
>
> ???
>
>>
>> I've seen a lot of "finish abuse" locally and here on the Wreck. Your
>> work could improve, too, moving to dye v. pigmented stain, if you must
>> discolor your work. :/
>
> Actually Larry all of the work that I have mentioned here in the last
> two years has been dyed, not stained. I really can't tell the
> difference and apparently you cant either. ;~)
>
> The only difference I see is in the application, much easier and
> potentially much messier.

Critics are like enuchs in a harem ... they know how it's done, they see
it being done, but they can't do it themselves. LOL

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Sk

Swingman

in reply to Swingman on 30/09/2012 1:18 PM

30/09/2012 9:06 PM

Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:18:19 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 9/30/2012 10:19 AM, Leon wrote:
>>> On 9/30/2012 10:10 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
>>
>>>>>> Except for the pigment shitting in the grain, it looks pretty good.
>>>>>> Look at the inside of the left front leg (probably two sides of all
>>>>>> legs). That's why I hate stain. I wish guys would fume (when
>>>>>> possible) or use dye instead of stain.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> So show us some of your fumed work Larry. Let us see what you are
>>>>> talking about.
>>>>
>>>> I tried it on scrap once but didn't keep it. For years, I was going
>>>> to build an A&C sofa but finally realized that it wouldn't have been
>>>> comfortable, so I never made it.
>>>
>>>
>>> Well how about that!
>>>
>>> Unlike youse guys, I haven't built
>>>> much furniture (but neither have -any- of our customers, huh, guys?)
>>>
>>> ???
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've seen a lot of "finish abuse" locally and here on the Wreck. Your
>>>> work could improve, too, moving to dye v. pigmented stain, if you must
>>>> discolor your work. :/
>>>
>>> Actually Larry all of the work that I have mentioned here in the last
>>> two years has been dyed, not stained. I really can't tell the
>>> difference and apparently you cant either. ;~)
>>>
>>> The only difference I see is in the application, much easier and
>>> potentially much messier.
>>
>> Critics are like enuchs in a harem ... they know how it's done, they see
>> it being done, but they can't do it themselves. LOL
>
> FYVM, too, Karl. I'm perfectly happy and capable of working with
> clearcoats and do so because I hate stains.
>
> Here's some mortise and tenon work, dovetails, misc projects, jigs,
> tools, clearcoating: http://tinyurl.com/9h6ez23
>
> Pecan bookcase back in 1992 for a church: http://tinyurl.com/8bkwgqk
>
> Rolling cabinets for rockhound: http://tinyurl.com/9xfwgxt
>
> What #$%^&* eunuch?

Very well done, C_Less ... but I wasn't talking to you. <g>

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LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to Swingman on 29/09/2012 5:37 PM

29/09/2012 8:00 PM

On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:11:37 -0700, Mike M
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:37:27 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On 9/19/2012 10:37 AM, Swingman wrote:
>>> Finally, some vertical movement:
>>>
>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopArtsCraftsSofaTable#5789911279201357762
>>>
>>>
>>> Somewhere in that pile of QSRO lurks The Sofa Table ...
>>
>>Basic frame is complete. Top, corbels (already made, but will be mounted
>>after the top is installed) and the two drawers remain. The panel
>>glue-up of the top is in the foreground waiting for an overnight glue cure.
>>
>>https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopArtsCraftsSofaTable#5793729854076858386
>
>That's coming together nicely. I should do more of the finishing as
>you go. Looks great.

Except for the pigment shitting in the grain, it looks pretty good.
Look at the inside of the left front leg (probably two sides of all
legs). That's why I hate stain. I wish guys would fume (when
possible) or use dye instead of stain.

--
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
-- Thomas Jefferson

Ll

Leon

in reply to Swingman on 29/09/2012 5:37 PM

30/09/2012 11:00 AM

On 9/29/2012 5:43 PM, Dave wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:37:27 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Basic frame is complete. Top, corbels (already made, but will be mounted
>> after the top is installed) and the two drawers remain. The panel
>> glue-up of the top is in the foreground waiting for an overnight glue cure.
>> https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopArtsCraftsSofaTable#5793729854076858386
>
> I figured out why you and Leon get along so well. You're both
> workaholics.
>
> What is it? Computer, woodworking, kiss the wife good night, sleep,
> repeat?
>


On the 6th day we play Dominoes.

Hn

Han

in reply to Swingman on 29/09/2012 5:37 PM

30/09/2012 12:34 AM

Swingman <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> On 9/19/2012 10:37 AM, Swingman wrote:
>> Finally, some vertical movement:
>>
>> https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopArtsCrafts
>> SofaTable#5789911279201357762
>>
>>
>> Somewhere in that pile of QSRO lurks The Sofa Table ...
>
> Basic frame is complete. Top, corbels (already made, but will be
> mounted after the top is installed) and the two drawers remain. The
> panel glue-up of the top is in the foreground waiting for an overnight
> glue cure.
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopArtsCraftsS
> ofaTable#5793729854076858386

+1 !!


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Ll

Leon

in reply to Swingman on 29/09/2012 5:37 PM

30/09/2012 9:31 AM

On 9/29/2012 10:00 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:11:37 -0700, Mike M
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:37:27 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/19/2012 10:37 AM, Swingman wrote:
>>>> Finally, some vertical movement:
>>>>
>>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopArtsCraftsSofaTable#5789911279201357762
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Somewhere in that pile of QSRO lurks The Sofa Table ...
>>>
>>> Basic frame is complete. Top, corbels (already made, but will be mounted
>>> after the top is installed) and the two drawers remain. The panel
>>> glue-up of the top is in the foreground waiting for an overnight glue cure.
>>>
>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopArtsCraftsSofaTable#5793729854076858386
>>
>> That's coming together nicely. I should do more of the finishing as
>> you go. Looks great.
>
> Except for the pigment shitting in the grain, it looks pretty good.
> Look at the inside of the left front leg (probably two sides of all
> legs). That's why I hate stain. I wish guys would fume (when
> possible) or use dye instead of stain.


So show us some of your fumed work Larry. Let us see what you are
talking about.

Sk

Swingman

in reply to Swingman on 29/09/2012 5:37 PM

30/09/2012 1:12 PM

On 9/29/2012 8:11 PM, Mike M wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:37:27 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 9/19/2012 10:37 AM, Swingman wrote:
>>> Finally, some vertical movement:
>>>
>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopArtsCraftsSofaTable#5789911279201357762
>>>
>>>
>>> Somewhere in that pile of QSRO lurks The Sofa Table ...
>>
>> Basic frame is complete. Top, corbels (already made, but will be mounted
>> after the top is installed) and the two drawers remain. The panel
>> glue-up of the top is in the foreground waiting for an overnight glue cure.
>>
>> https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopArtsCraftsSofaTable#5793729854076858386
>
> That's coming together nicely. I should do more of the finishing as
> you go. Looks great.

Thanks, Mike ...

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Leon

in reply to Swingman on 29/09/2012 5:37 PM

30/09/2012 11:43 PM

On 9/30/2012 8:46 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:18:19 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 9/30/2012 10:19 AM, Leon wrote:
>>> On 9/30/2012 10:10 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
>>
>>>>>> Except for the pigment shitting in the grain, it looks pretty good.
>>>>>> Look at the inside of the left front leg (probably two sides of all
>>>>>> legs). That's why I hate stain. I wish guys would fume (when
>>>>>> possible) or use dye instead of stain.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> So show us some of your fumed work Larry. Let us see what you are
>>>>> talking about.
>>>>
>>>> I tried it on scrap once but didn't keep it. For years, I was going
>>>> to build an A&C sofa but finally realized that it wouldn't have been
>>>> comfortable, so I never made it.
>>>
>>>
>>> Well how about that!
>>>
>>> Unlike youse guys, I haven't built
>>>> much furniture (but neither have -any- of our customers, huh, guys?)
>>>
>>> ???
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I've seen a lot of "finish abuse" locally and here on the Wreck. Your
>>>> work could improve, too, moving to dye v. pigmented stain, if you must
>>>> discolor your work. :/
>>>
>>> Actually Larry all of the work that I have mentioned here in the last
>>> two years has been dyed, not stained. I really can't tell the
>>> difference and apparently you cant either. ;~)
>>>
>>> The only difference I see is in the application, much easier and
>>> potentially much messier.
>>
>> Critics are like enuchs in a harem ... they know how it's done, they see
>> it being done, but they can't do it themselves. LOL
>
> FYVM, too, Karl. I'm perfectly happy and capable of working with
> clearcoats and do so because I hate stains.
>
> Here's some mortise and tenon work, dovetails, misc projects, jigs,
> tools, clearcoating: http://tinyurl.com/9h6ez23
>
> Pecan bookcase back in 1992 for a church: http://tinyurl.com/8bkwgqk
>
> Rolling cabinets for rockhound: http://tinyurl.com/9xfwgxt
>
> What #$%^&* eunuch?
>
> --
> Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
> -- Thomas Jefferson
>

Nice work there Larry, I really like the way the wood grain stands out
on those rolling cabinets. ;~)

Seriously, don't judge a book by it's cover.



LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to Swingman on 29/09/2012 5:37 PM

30/09/2012 8:10 AM

On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:31:34 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
wrote:

>On 9/29/2012 10:00 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
>> On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:11:37 -0700, Mike M
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:37:27 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 9/19/2012 10:37 AM, Swingman wrote:
>>>>> Finally, some vertical movement:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopArtsCraftsSofaTable#5789911279201357762
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Somewhere in that pile of QSRO lurks The Sofa Table ...
>>>>
>>>> Basic frame is complete. Top, corbels (already made, but will be mounted
>>>> after the top is installed) and the two drawers remain. The panel
>>>> glue-up of the top is in the foreground waiting for an overnight glue cure.
>>>>
>>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopArtsCraftsSofaTable#5793729854076858386
>>>
>>> That's coming together nicely. I should do more of the finishing as
>>> you go. Looks great.
>>
>> Except for the pigment shitting in the grain, it looks pretty good.
>> Look at the inside of the left front leg (probably two sides of all
>> legs). That's why I hate stain. I wish guys would fume (when
>> possible) or use dye instead of stain.
>
>
>So show us some of your fumed work Larry. Let us see what you are
>talking about.

I tried it on scrap once but didn't keep it. For years, I was going
to build an A&C sofa but finally realized that it wouldn't have been
comfortable, so I never made it. Unlike youse guys, I haven't built
much furniture (but neither have -any- of our customers, huh, guys?)

I've seen a lot of "finish abuse" locally and here on the Wreck. Your
work could improve, too, moving to dye v. pigmented stain, if you must
discolor your work. :/

(see sig)

--
Stain and poly are their own punishment.

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to Swingman on 29/09/2012 5:37 PM

30/09/2012 11:50 AM

On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 10:19:27 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
wrote:

>On 9/30/2012 10:10 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
> Unlike youse guys, I haven't built
>> much furniture (but neither have -any- of our customers, huh, guys?)
>
>???

I've built wooden things, just not furniture for clients, 'cept a
kitchen cart. They specified a product I hate Minwhacked Polyshades. I
refuse to use it again unless extremely well paid. I'll spray it prior
to assembly, too. <goddamnedRBSanyway>


>> I've seen a lot of "finish abuse" locally and here on the Wreck. Your
>> work could improve, too, moving to dye v. pigmented stain, if you must
>> discolor your work. :/
>
>Actually Larry all of the work that I have mentioned here in the last
>two years has been dyed, not stained. I really can't tell the
>difference and apparently you cant either. ;~)

Hmmm, all the gel stains I've seen have been made with pigments. It
has probably been 6-7 years since I last looked, though.

But telling the nuances of a wood finish from a picture on a computer
is far from easy, so don't climb too far up on that high horse, eh?

--
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
-- Thomas Jefferson

Du

Dave

in reply to Swingman on 29/09/2012 5:37 PM

30/09/2012 6:23 PM

On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 11:00:26 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
>On the 6th day we play Dominoes.

Kinda figured.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knnFXsN2Vgg

Ll

Leon

in reply to Swingman on 29/09/2012 5:37 PM

30/09/2012 10:19 AM

On 9/30/2012 10:10 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 09:31:34 -0500, Leon <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
> wrote:
>
>> On 9/29/2012 10:00 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
>>> On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:11:37 -0700, Mike M
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:37:27 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 9/19/2012 10:37 AM, Swingman wrote:
>>>>>> Finally, some vertical movement:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopArtsCraftsSofaTable#5789911279201357762
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Somewhere in that pile of QSRO lurks The Sofa Table ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Basic frame is complete. Top, corbels (already made, but will be mounted
>>>>> after the top is installed) and the two drawers remain. The panel
>>>>> glue-up of the top is in the foreground waiting for an overnight glue cure.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/111355467778981859077/EWoodShopArtsCraftsSofaTable#5793729854076858386
>>>>
>>>> That's coming together nicely. I should do more of the finishing as
>>>> you go. Looks great.
>>>
>>> Except for the pigment shitting in the grain, it looks pretty good.
>>> Look at the inside of the left front leg (probably two sides of all
>>> legs). That's why I hate stain. I wish guys would fume (when
>>> possible) or use dye instead of stain.
>>
>>
>> So show us some of your fumed work Larry. Let us see what you are
>> talking about.
>
> I tried it on scrap once but didn't keep it. For years, I was going
> to build an A&C sofa but finally realized that it wouldn't have been
> comfortable, so I never made it.


Well how about that!

Unlike youse guys, I haven't built
> much furniture (but neither have -any- of our customers, huh, guys?)

???

>
> I've seen a lot of "finish abuse" locally and here on the Wreck. Your
> work could improve, too, moving to dye v. pigmented stain, if you must
> discolor your work. :/

Actually Larry all of the work that I have mentioned here in the last
two years has been dyed, not stained. I really can't tell the
difference and apparently you cant either. ;~)

The only difference I see is in the application, much easier and
potentially much messier.





Sk

Swingman

in reply to Leon on 30/09/2012 10:19 AM

30/09/2012 1:58 PM

Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote:

> But telling the nuances of a wood finish from a picture on a computer
> is far from easy, so don't climb too far up on that high horse, eh?

Yep ... but so far it hasn't stopped you in the least. <g>

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LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to Leon on 30/09/2012 10:19 AM

30/09/2012 6:47 PM

On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:58:05 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:

>Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> But telling the nuances of a wood finish from a picture on a computer
>> is far from easy, so don't climb too far up on that high horse, eh?
>
>Yep ... but so far it hasn't stopped you in the least. <g>

I wasn't talking to you. <g>

--
Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
-- Thomas Jefferson

LJ

Larry Jaques

in reply to Swingman on 29/09/2012 5:37 PM

30/09/2012 6:46 PM

On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:18:19 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:

>On 9/30/2012 10:19 AM, Leon wrote:
>> On 9/30/2012 10:10 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
>
>>>>> Except for the pigment shitting in the grain, it looks pretty good.
>>>>> Look at the inside of the left front leg (probably two sides of all
>>>>> legs). That's why I hate stain. I wish guys would fume (when
>>>>> possible) or use dye instead of stain.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So show us some of your fumed work Larry. Let us see what you are
>>>> talking about.
>>>
>>> I tried it on scrap once but didn't keep it. For years, I was going
>>> to build an A&C sofa but finally realized that it wouldn't have been
>>> comfortable, so I never made it.
>>
>>
>> Well how about that!
>>
>> Unlike youse guys, I haven't built
>>> much furniture (but neither have -any- of our customers, huh, guys?)
>>
>> ???
>>
>>>
>>> I've seen a lot of "finish abuse" locally and here on the Wreck. Your
>>> work could improve, too, moving to dye v. pigmented stain, if you must
>>> discolor your work. :/
>>
>> Actually Larry all of the work that I have mentioned here in the last
>> two years has been dyed, not stained. I really can't tell the
>> difference and apparently you cant either. ;~)
>>
>> The only difference I see is in the application, much easier and
>> potentially much messier.
>
>Critics are like enuchs in a harem ... they know how it's done, they see
>it being done, but they can't do it themselves. LOL

FYVM, too, Karl. I'm perfectly happy and capable of working with
clearcoats and do so because I hate stains.

Here's some mortise and tenon work, dovetails, misc projects, jigs,
tools, clearcoating: http://tinyurl.com/9h6ez23

Pecan bookcase back in 1992 for a church: http://tinyurl.com/8bkwgqk

Rolling cabinets for rockhound: http://tinyurl.com/9xfwgxt

What #$%^&* eunuch?

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Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
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