Pub Tables 6
This is the home stretch for the pub tables. I love building custom furniture, that is why I do it for a living, but I also love completing projects. The more projects I build, the more I realize how much I love the closure and satisfaction that completing a project brings.
With the feet and legs dovetailed I turned them upside down, clamped them to the table, added liberal amounts of wood glue, slid each foot in the dovetail joint, and clamped overnight.
The result were two bomb-proof pub table bases.
All the parts were sanded prior to assembly, so it was off to the finishing room. The finishing process was a bit different than usual. In order to achieve the finish color I needed, I first stained the tables with one color stain, allowed it to dry, and followed it up with another color stain. This gave the tables a deep rich dark brown color.
The stain was applied using a brush, which ensured the stain reached all the grooves and corners on the tops and the legs.
After the stain was applied and had dried, two coats of pre-catalyzed lacquer were sprayed on , with a light sanding between coats.
A quick note on the paint booth you see in the background. All of the paint and lacquer finishes I apply are sprayed using a gun and a pressurized pot. The material is sprayed out onto the piece of furniture and any over spray is sucked away and collected in the green filters of the paint booth.
Here is the finished table top…
…and the finished legs. The tops and the legs were finished separately to avoid any excess lacquer over spray. Over spray is when excess lacquer that is sprayed out of the gun dries in the air and then settles on the work piece, creating a rough, sandpaper like feel. The exact opposite effect I am going for when I finish my furniture.
A few shots of the finished project.
