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My table project

2008.04.19

This is what I started with, pieces of timber like this. And I used the saw to the right for cutting them up...

Our carpenting workshop at my workplace..

Glue and pressure...

It is gonna be a solid and rough terrace-table...

The workshop on my workplace is a mess, my colleagues are also building furnitures in the evenings...

We have some good machines here..

My table getting nicer and nicer...

This is how its going to be..

Ready for the finish...

After hours and hours and hours of brushing and polishing..

Ready for the oil...

Underneath first..

Then layors and layors and layors of oil on the top...

Looks beautiful, doesnt it?

It is a outside-table for my terrace, I want it to have a rough finish, not perfect, but it still looks quite nice...

The result, a nice breakfast-table for me and my family, suitable for the four of us....

Arrangement for the photographer...

Now we just have to buy some chairs (not rain forest wood of course)....

This can seems a bit odd, using this timber since I am against cutting down the rain forest! I actually hate the destroying of the big forests!
Therefore, this is the story:

A former colleague of mine baught a house just outside Bergen city 12 years back, he baught it from a old widow. The widows deseaced husband had been a sailor all his life, and over the years he did collect and braught home Merbau. Therefore, when my former colleague took over the house he discovered that the basement was full of Merbau, stored in some rooms.

The Merbautimber from the asian Ipil tree is beautiful, but not so common in Norway, in the north Pine and Spruce is used more for timber and for making furnitures.

Well, I helped my colleague a lot so he gave me some pieces of the timber. And I have had them stored for years on my workplace until some weeks ago. I was doing some cleaning up and thought " throw them in the trash or use them for something"?

I was thinking, these pieces of wood is old, probably been stored for 40-50 years, to bad to throw them and since I already have them I can use them for something good.
I have always been quite handy and clever making things, I started thinking, and started on my table project....

Took some shots when I was working, used my Sony Cybershot DSC-W100.
My Canon EOS 30D is on service, will not get it back for weeks.

Chris

PS: started today on my new project, the "shelf-project". Gonna make a big shelfconstruction for our livingroom, will use laminated Pinewood. Baught the timber today.
To be continued...................

55 Comments

Very elegant table, good series.

Kozonithy · 2008-04-19: 01:33

What a stunning piece of furniture you have built. Congratulations!

Maxine · 2008-04-19: 01:35

You do great work, nuce shots as well.

joycephotography · 2008-04-19: 01:42

great work
very nice table
i would buy it :)

samuelsonthhc · 2008-04-19: 02:06

Congratulations, not only for the beauliful photos, also for the text and how recyclate the wood...

Francesc21 · 2008-04-19: 04:02

Great pictures, great table - looks fantastic!

Robertthebob · 2008-04-19: 05:34

these photos remind me about my childhood at my grandparents..my grandfather was making furniture..and I love that smell of wood!great table btw!

kretz · 2008-04-19: 06:18

u love ur job too.dat great

mojaroo · 2008-04-19: 08:40

Great project and documented with excellent photos.Your table is beautiful!And I appreciate that you used recycled timber.

signsnwonders · 2008-04-19: 09:11

Wonderful; job, this is a beautiful document of handcrafts work flow

agandia · 2008-04-19: 09:18

What a fantastic workshop. More to the point, what a talent you have! The table is gorgeous!! I'd hate to see it outside, would look great inside. I really like the pattern you have created for the top, beautifully done! ; )

pattyb · 2008-04-19: 09:36

good hands:)

millapiim · 2008-04-19: 10:21

Well done ;))

KC727 · 2008-04-19: 10:37

you are really very skilfull. It is a very nice piece of furniture!

kackac · 2008-04-19: 10:50

to me it's nice for 40-50 years old timber

hmszam · 2008-04-19: 11:21

Very nice table!

mlcwikla · 2008-04-19: 11:25

wonderful work!!

tantatantan · 2008-04-19: 12:42

lovely ..I love the last few shots ...well done.. so nice when we do it ourselves :)

Lindyart · 2008-04-19: 13:09

How clever and a great use for the old timber.The colour of the wood looks so rich when varnished.

Lizzi · 2008-04-19: 13:55

you have great skill in photography and buit table too....

Tachasi · 2008-04-19: 17:22

its a wonderful table, realy well done !!!!

PhySpi · 2008-04-19: 19:12

What a nice workshop you got there.
You are not only a talented photographer and fisher...
This piece is great!

Madoc · 2008-04-19: 21:15

Good work!...finally a space outside for the bottle of white!

the12thdude · 2008-04-20: 00:24

Great pictures, great table! Good work!

marikos · 2008-04-20: 07:25

Great home! Wonderful shots. Thanks for sharing dear and gentle friend!

davidcardona · 2008-04-20: 09:34

!!! :):):)

ronin53 · 2008-04-20: 11:17

Great skills. Congratulations. My job is also creative thought not so visibly. I like your work as a professionalist and as a photographer.

jacekb · 2008-04-20: 13:29

Chris, thanks for the fascinating and well-done series of photos. I'm so glad you added the explanation about the wood and rain forests; I feel the same. Your talent is multi-faceted, obviously!

LastFrontier · 2008-04-20: 14:18

that is a beautiful table - you are so very skilled!

jenjung · 2008-04-20: 14:20

Congratulations on your project! It looks like a great table. Nice series of shots showing the progression of the build.

etodd80 · 2008-04-20: 19:58

a task well done and a red wine to christian the table with.

slowpete · 2008-04-21: 02:18

beautiful job to teach us how to do it, fantastic thank you

Mertxe · 2008-04-21: 03:19

well it was great to follow your great work on this and also to read about your eco-concerns! Nice post all around :)

flipado · 2008-04-21: 14:04

Well done, Chris, and thanks for documenting the project so comprehensively. You should be immensely proud! Reminds me of the time, not too long ago, when we converted our small 7x3 metre patch by the side of the garden into a pergola.

Thanks for sharing.

meiling · 2008-04-22: 05:13

Wow! Wonderful documentary on great craftmanship.

leocheung · 2008-04-23: 06:33

well done: you're sooo crafty! :)

RozariaS · 2008-04-23: 10:33

it was great to follow this... and maybe other people will get more adventurous! :)

Cabecilha · 2008-04-24: 09:31

wow. great process and skills. the first meal at that special table was at least, memorable.

storytaylor · 2008-04-24: 13:20

very great workshop and super photos. thats exactly mean PHOTOBLOG!!! thx!

fotolapeta · 2008-04-25: 15:14

hey I feel able to make my own table now after your post :))) lol joking,,im not so handy ,,no way,,,u did a great job, and was a different adn instructive one, Im glad u didnt throw the wood away, the table looks wonderful!!

TIM927 · 2008-04-25: 17:07

What a great table you made! It's beautiful! What a talent! Thanks for the step by step process. :)

mclps · 2008-04-25: 19:27

WOW you are very handy!! Great looking table!! Job well done!!

SheriJ · 2008-04-25: 20:25

Wow! you are so talented! this is a fantastic work of art :-) the shots of the woodshop remind me of when i was in college and had to make my own canvases for my painting classes - i wasn't very good at it to say the least...

have a great time with your new table!! :-)

lexlevans · 2008-04-26: 10:05