Very nice Dexter.
Ive not tried the fuming process before but have read up on it a lot in the
past.
Thanks for sharing.
C.A.G.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dexter Bland" <dexterbl...@gmail.com>
To: "legacy-ornamental-mills" <legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 5:38 PM
Subject: Coffee Table Project
Reading Andy's story about the finishing of his large slab inspired me
to post these pictures. My project did utilize the mill a good bit but
not in a noticeable way since the design is patterned after some
Stickley furnature pictures the customer provided me. All the mortise
and tendon joints were done on the Legacy. The tendens were fine tuned
with a chistle however to get the final fit. The spindles on the end
of the tables have the ends turned to insert into the streacher pieces
and were pinned with a brad nailer to keep them from turning.
The tables were made from quarter sawn white oak and the finish color
was obtained by fuming with ammonia and water sealed. The fuming
process is done just by enclosing the items in a sealed area with a
liquid ammonia solution. The longer you leave the wood exposed to the
fumes, the darker the color. These pieces were fumed for about 12
hours. Some people build poly tents around the item and fume them that
way. To do all five pieces that I made at the same time, I used a
small U-haul trailer with a good rubber seal to provide the
containment. The fuming really brings out the rays in the wood. The
photos don't really show how much the grain stands out.
--
Dexter Bland
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
nothing." Edmund Burke
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