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Thanks guys. No, I didn’t have any problems so far, but there hasn’t been much significant movement yet. The wood has a very low moisture content and is indoors so hopefully there won’t be much change. Yes, it’s maple, oak maple for the top and oak for the legs and apron.
Matt,
The table top is 100cm long and 60cm wide which is approximately 40 by 24 inches.To be honest, I’m not sure if the wood is quartersawn. I think it is but I have no way of knowing since the bb ends covered up the endgrain. The pattern of the boards (three boards jointed, 20cm wide each, maple-oak-maple) seem straight enough to point that they are quartersawn. I can’t be sure about this, though.
I was desperate enough to send an email to Mr. Seller’s and he was kind enough to take time out of his busy day and provide an answer in regards to this topic, for which I am extremely grateful. He said … “The likelihood is all will be just fine”, and to watch the bb ends for noticeable movement…
Sandy,
usually when I lay my head to sleep, and when I awake, I am certainly thinking about what I have done and what I need to do for my current, upcoming as well as past projects.. It’s good to know I’m not the only one going to bed and thinking about woodworking and waking up at 5 am and not being able to go back to sleep because of woodworking thoughts going through my head.It’s weird, but sometimes I feel my daytime desk job is only interfering with my woodworking activities..
Thanks alot everybody for the great input. I took into account what everyone said, especially jude, and I decided to pass on the offer. I decided to pass because even though it’s very hard to come by good tools here where I live, I already have two number 4’s, a 5, and a 6 stanley that I use. I don’t see myself using this no. 3 very often, esepcially if it’s of “inferior” quality. I’m also not a collector, that is, I enjoy nice, quality tools, but if I won’t use them, there’s no point in buying them.
I’d rather spend the money on a no. 7 or 8 jointer which would be much more useful, or a nice Disston saw.If there’s anyone from southeast Europe that is interested in this set, here’s the link:
http://www.njuskalo.hr/rucni-alati/rucni-alati-stolara-marke-stanley-oglas-14108192
It’s in Croatian.Again, thanks everybody for your help.
[quote quote=121947]Robert,
Paul Sellers has his own separate blog for exactly the purpose you’ve stated.
I would politely suggest you do the same rather than hi-jack this site.
Greg Merritt, Bob Easton and probably several others I’m not aware of have done so in order to allow the focus to remain on the instruction and topics pertinent to this site.
Thanks,
Craig[/quote]Craig,
thanks for replying. To be absolutely honest, I have no intention of hijacking anyone’s site, let alone Paul Sellers. My suggestions were offered only to try and better connect with the members of this forum on a more personal level. If I came out as rude, obnoxious or ignorant than I apologize. I think I will just drop the subject now until I get a better feel of how everything works around here.[quote quote=121865]I’m not sure of the technicalities behind something like this or if it’s even possible but recently I’ve been thinking about doing something online like a website or blog, not that I have anything to offer but it would be more like a journal as you say. I havent the faintest idea about how this is done so I’m still researching how to do it.[/quote]
That’s a good idea. I like the idea of recording your woodworking journey as you mature in the craft. It shouldn’t be difficult to open a blog. You can create a free blog in a matter of minutes and start blogging away. There are a bunch of websites that offer a free blog platform, like http://www.blogger.com – that’s google’s platform I think.
But my point was that forum members could share their journey directly on this website. If they chose to, of course. I feel there should be a subforum titled, for instance “Member Journals”. Even that subforum can be divided to more categories, but I’ll leave that to the discretion of Mr. Sellers. I feel this would build the forum community and better connect the members of this board.
Nevertheless, I’ll start a thread for my sake and title it, I don’t know, maybe “WWDummy’s woodworking journey”. I’ll post what I have done (which is not much at all – a dining and coffee table, front door, entertainment center), pics of my projects, what I plan to do in the future, share comments with other members, comment on my tools, or the size of my waistline, whatever I want. I’ll probably start somewhere near the springtime, since I work outdoors and the winter time is slow progress for me, for obvious reasons.
Lovely table! I’m thinking of making something very similar, and you’re photos and documented journey helped me to figure some things out (and avoid others). A quick question: did you also glue the long inset and shelf rails to the short inset and cross rails or is it a dry fitted joint?
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