Finally got the end tables up to the house and placed in the living room. Also have better pictures and have updated the web page:
End Tables Complete and Placed at Last!
Oct 11, 2009
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354 hours?? Wow!! Any kind of breakdown as to how those hours were spent? I guess you won't be making any more of those soon.What were the cost of materials?
They look great!
They should be in the middle of the room not in a corner between chairs.
Larry C
My thoughts exactly. At least reupholster. :)
As for the end tables, gorgeous! Absolutely stunning. Is the design your own? I love the non-straight vertical supports (I know zip about furniture terminology).
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Uh, it's not the destination, it's the journey? Very nice work, Mark! Tom
Brilliant!
That's some beautiful wood. (insert joke here)
Very nice work!
-Kevin
NICE VERY NICE !!!!
Nice work indeed. The tops are a little bit bigger than I would have made them... but that is a matter of taste.
We all know Norm could whip these out in 1/2 hour! ;-) Greg
Exact breakdown is in the Excel file at the bottom of the page. Biggest contributors were design time and dovetail calibration time. I think that's fixed for next time with the changeover to the Akeda jig.
Cost of the materials: biggest cost was the granite tops coming in at ~$500. The rest of the materials were relatively modest, the drawer pulls were also a large cost to the total. There are about $400 in lumber (Tucson prices, so other places would be less) costs between both tables. All told, each table has about $500 in material costs.
Thanks for the kind words. In the case of this journey, I'd have liked it to be a bit shorter, but I do think that I have finally resolved my issues with dovetails.
Thanks Morris
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Thanks Larry
Thanks. Actually, the end tables are a good complement to the Arts & Crafts style entertainment center that I finished several years ago. As far as I'm concerned, the living room now has all of the furniture it will ever need. ;-)
There is never a situation where having more rounds is a disadvantage
Rob Leatham
Thanks. Yes, the design is my own. The basic form (several drawers with a shelf space between them and the end table top were inspired by a commercial piece my wife saw. The number of drawers, plant-on panels, nad arcs and curves are my design.
Very nice work indeed!
I take it you are happy with the Akeda?
Thanks
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