On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 04:22:53 -0700, ROYNEU wrote:

Great first effort. Wood has great character. Were you careful in
selecting wood with very solid knotts? Even then as wood dries out
knotts will sometimes loosen so make sure you keep waxing.

They all appear to be pretty solid, at least as far as I could tell. I did
try to cut my boards so I got as few knots as possible and avoided any
that were cracked. About how often do you think I should wax it? I'm in
Houston so it's very humid if that makes a difference.

The aprons are somewhat heavy. Was there a purpose for that? Weight?
Warping? Tools? Nobody ever sees how thick they are so 3/4 does the same
thing.

Eh, the plans called for using 1 1/2 by 4" boards for the apron, once I'd
planed and sanded the rough cut 2x4's they were pretty close so I just
went with them. The plans I was using originally called for a table about
a foot longer and a foot wider (4x3' instead of the 3x2' I made) so maybe
that's why they look too big for the table.

That warping is likely to get worse. Look into puttin a batten board at
both ends. It will help keep the boards flat. If you cut shape and
finish the batten before attaching no body will ever know it wasn't part
of the original project.

I've a feeling that'll probably need to replace this table top eventually
because of the warping. When I rebuild it I'll see about using batten
boards and learning how to make them )

Cheers,

Josh

Roy