End Tables Complete and Placed at Last!

[Mark & Juanita]

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:

[Lee Michaels]

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?

[Morris Dovey]

They look great!

[Larry C]

They should be in the middle of the room not in a corner between chairs.

Larry C

[billw]

[notbob]

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).

nb

[tom]

messagenews:AtqdnX0Ir5Ra-EzXnZ2dnUVZ [e-mail]...

Uh, it's not the destination, it's the journey? Very nice work, Mark! Tom

[-MIKE-]

Brilliant!

That's some beautiful wood. (insert joke here)

[Kevin]

Very nice work!

-Kevin

[evodawg]

NICE VERY NICE !!!!

[Robatoy]

Nice work indeed. The tops are a little bit bigger than I would have made them... but that is a matter of taste.

[Greg O]

We all know Norm could whip these out in 1/2 hour! ;-) Greg

[Mark & Juanita]

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.

[Mark & Juanita]

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.

[Mark & Juanita]

Thanks Morris

[Mark & Juanita]

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Thanks Larry

[Mark & Juanita]

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

[Mark & Juanita]

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.

[diggerop]

Very nice work indeed!

I take it you are happy with the Akeda?

[Mark & Juanita]

Thanks