Simply.. A Coffee Table

[Eric]

Very nice table.
I'm wanting to get started on a set of mission style furniture for my home.

[Bill in Buena Park]

Beautiful work, Sarge. Your designs and execution in mission furniture have me thinking of going that way with all the livingroom furniture I have yet to build...

[BadeMillsap]

Mighty fine!!!!!!!!!!

I'm staring 104+ mortise/tenons in the face on current project ... wish I had use of that big mosheen! ... I'll make do with my Delta and saw I suppose .... sigh ...

Really an OUTSTANDING piece Sarge!

[GPA61]

Great looking work as usual, Sarge.

[chopnhack]

Sarge, you are my hero!! Great work on the table its a beaut!
If I think or look at a project it instantly adds an extra month to finish.

[SARGE..g-47]

Thanks Mike.. drillman.. J.K.. Niki.. Just Started.. Uncle Crack.. Eric.. Bill.. Bade and Claudio. You guys are wearing an old man out typing thank you notes but they are greatly appreciated.

You work hard to build something and you will always get that's great from family. But getting positives from actual WW is a notch up the appreciation ladder and I doubt many would argue that. You get a few moments of satisfaction.. put the piece to use and go build something else. A cycle so to speak but a mentally rewarding one.

Regards...

[drumpriest]

Looks great Sarge, love the ray flecks on the top. That sure is a beast of a mortiser, I don't feel so bad having bought a domino now, price wise....

[SARGE..g-47]

Looks great Sarge, love the ray flecks on the top. That sure is a beast of a mortiser, I don't feel so bad having bought a domino now, price wise....

Thanks Keith... I have always wanted a large floor mortiser as M & T's make up about 80% of my joinery. I couldn't justify a PM outright and looked on E-bay and Criags-list for two years for one. Once someone has one they just don't sell them as that was a futile attempt. Or... they want about as much as a new which is out of the question for me.

So... I just dropped the idea until one day Curt Wilke of then Wilke Machinery called me to say he was not going to import Bridgewood and York-craft anymore and was clearing his inventory. He had the standard floor model that sold for around $800 and the large industrial (same as the current Grizzly that sells for $2195) which he sold for around $1700 at that time.

I ask about the standard? $600 and freight I was told. I ask about the Industrial even though I knew it was out of my price range just out of curiousity? $800 and freight.

I called a freind here in Atlanta who owns a custom door shop and ask him if he would be interested in a used Bridgewood Industrial Mortiser. He told me he would give me $1100 sight un-seen as I did not tell him it was new. That sealed the deal for me.

I called Curt back and told him to put it a truck ASAP. So... I really didn't pay much more than a Domino and consider it an investment along as a fantastic addition to my bag of tricks as I do many mortises.

Thanks again...

[Texas splinter]

The LOML saw these photos and wnats to know where you got the plan. I think I have another project comming up.

[DonHo]

A little good looking oak and a lot of skill combined into one great looking table!

Great work!

DonHo

[SARGE..g-47]

Thanks Texas splinter and DonHo...

To answer your question on where the plans came from Texas splinter..

I have never done a Mission piece in 38 years. I have seen many and the First Lady ask for a coffee table. She viewed hundreds on-line and kept coming back around to Mission style which I have never done but seen quite a few of. I looked at around 10 or so on-line... all seemed to vary in some way so I assumed there is no cut and dry with this style.

Some had drawers (which she insisted on a small one to hold 2 TV remotes and coasters0 and I didn't want one as you have to over-size the proportion of the top apron to accomdate it without the option of over-sizing the bottom to avoid making the slats short and stubby appearing. But.. you know who won that one.

Some had corbels on the outside leg (Greene & Greene) that were different lengths and shapes.. Some had odd amount of slats and some even. The small variances go on and on. I chose aspects I personally liked from what I saw and made a crude drawing on a note-pad with diemensions as I always do. In 38 years I have never used a plan other than that.... yet.

So... there are no plans for this particular one. If you wish for me to measure the individual components and relay them to you... I would be happy to do so. Just PM me here or my new e-mail is jt1lt2@charter.net if you chose to go that route as I don't always have time to check forums continously as I stay busy in the shop. But... I do check e-mail every 4 hours or so. At least my wife does as she runs a small E-bay business with high end crochet she sells on-line. She will alert me if I am busy which is likely.

Regards...

[MikeMcCoy]

Sarge,
I put my email in a forum post (not this one) a couple of months ago and the spam bots hit me so hard, I had to change my email address.

[SARGE..g-47]

Sarge,
I put my email in a forum post (not this one) a couple of months ago and the spam bots hit me so hard, I had to change my email address.

Thanks for the reminder and you are absolutely correct.. that was re-enforced by my wife who was a programmer before retiring from the State of Georgia. She has several (?) spam blockers installed and it cut ours down quite a bit. Not being a computer person in general those type things just don't cross my mind before doing them, Mike.

Unfortunately I see some degree of spam daily as the Nigerian boys seem to have time on their hands especially to tell you about your unknown relative that died for the 11 th time recently and the forturne he left you just waiting for you to make contact and be instructed how to get it released.

My personal suggestion to those that spam or troll is to turn their baseball cap aroung so the bill points forward and simply... get a job. But.. that is not likely to happen in the world as we know it. ha.. ha...

Again.. thanks for the suggestion...

[shoottx]

You work hard to build something and you will always get that's great from family. But getting positives from actual WW is a notch up the appreciation ladder and I doubt many would argue that. You get a few moments of satisfaction.. put the piece to use and go build something else. A cycle so to speak but a mentally rewarding one.

Regards...

I don't know if I qualify as a WW, but I can spot excellent craftsmanship, good wood selection and great finish in a project. Your's qualifies for all of that and more.

I am just jealous of the mortise machine

[SARGE..g-47]

Thanks shoottx.. who knows? You could get and e- mail any moment telling you about your uncle you didn't know you had who was tragically killed in Nigeria when a military vehicle of armed guerills's ran a stop and crashed into him. Uncle Jed has left you a mortise machine just like that one I got lucky with.

All ya have to do is send $300 to the following who is an estate broker with the "not so royal bank of nigeria" and it will be forwarded to you!

Just kidding of course... again thanks for the kind words.