Comments on: Thos. Moser Table Saga Happy Ending

By: Chris Mobley

Chris Mobley — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:38:57 +0000

Great job Steve, I enjoyed reading this post. Beautiful work and thank you for sharing.
Chris Mobley
http://www.cmobleydesigns.com

By: rkeindl

rkeindl — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:15:03 +0000

I applaud your decision to spare the Thos. Moser table. The table you made is beautiful. I think this is a win/win. Thanks for sharing this.

By: dave5001

dave5001 — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:11:31 +0000

Congrats beautiful table and I’m so glad u didn’t change original table and your son is keeping it alive and in the family.

By: Steve Shanesy

Steve Shanesy — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:53:53 +0000

The two-board top was just edge glued together, although I took care to make sure the joint was a perfectly leveled as possible. Where there were slight differences I used a card scraper to level the joint. From there, it was just a matter of sanding. I will add that the boards were pretty darn flat even in the rough. I did flatten one side with a jointer plane then ran each 19″ wide board through the 20″ power planer we have here in our shop. No plans to do an article on the table at this time but we will be featuring the the wall hung sideboard you can see in the background. It uses many of the same techniques as did the table top but the sideboard has a cool tricks for building and mounting on the wall.
Steve

By: gumpbelly

gumpbelly — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:02:58 +0000

Nice table Steve, awesome story.

By: lolaoak

lolaoak — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:48:06 +0000

The table looks beautiful. Will this project appear in an issue of PW this year? I am curious on how you finished the top to get such a nice flat surface. Glue only? Dowels? Scraping or sanding? The top and grain is really beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

By: Phred

Phred — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:37:42 +0000

It looks great. I was one of the people who urged you to leave the original alone and build a new one. I think it was the right choice. Now you have two things of beauty instead of one.

By: David Keller

David Keller — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 14:17:49 +0000

Steve – The table definitely has a “Danish Modern” feel to it. Not exactly my taste (I prefer colonial American, sort of natural for a SAPFM member), but it’s a beautiful result.

It’s crying out for style-appropriate chairs, though, so like everything else, one woodworking project begets another.

By: Jonathan Szczepanski

Jonathan Szczepanski — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 04:38:35 +0000

Steve – I really like those radiused corners. Well done.

By: degennarod

degennarod — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:06:04 +0000

What a terrific looking result; reminds me of a project in walnut I completed last year, then saw again recently in my son’s home. Nicely done!