Wood table advise please

[hd12121]

I would like to replace the tables in my 310DA with smaller wood tables. I'd like them to match the sea ray cherrywood interior. Any suggestions on where to get them. I'd like them to be about 28" x 18" oval but dimensions close to that would be fine. Thanks!

 

[fwebster]

Build 'em........

 

[Hampton]

Build 'em........

I may do that.

 

[hd12121]

Hey:

I would love to do that if I could get a headstart by finding a blank I could form it out of. And then there is the staining. I still have no less than 8 cans of Minwax that I bought before I could get the maple cabinets to pass mama's inspection.

 

[Hampton]

I've made a large armoir out of rough stock Walnut before. Run the boards through a planer to get the roughness off. Run them through a joiner to put a perfectly clean, 90 degree edge on them. Depending on the type of wood, thickness, environment..., use planks of 4" - 8" width (rough hack). Apply Elmer's Carpenter's wood glue to the edges, place together, lie flat, clamp WELL, and wipe excess glue off. 24 hours later, remove from clamps, run through planer to final thickness and nearly final finish, then shape, route, sand, and finish. That's all there is to it. It makes a really, really nice final product.

 

[fwebster]

I just love the way you make it seem so quick and easy, John.

Look at the photo above........then look at the last 2 descriptive words in your explanation...i.e. "sand and finish." For our cherry salon table, sanding was 150 grit, then 220 grit, then 320 grit and finishing was 16 coats of Interlux Schooner varnish with block sanding after every coat followed by wet sanding with 800 grit, 1200 grit, 1500 grit and then 2000 grit followed by buffing with compound. I have more time in the finish than in the actural woood work.

 

[Hampton]

But look at the results. I had about 5 months into our Armoir. It's 7'7" tall, 56" wide, and about 42" deep, if I remember correctly. It has double arched molding at top, double molding at bottom, one large bottom drawer and 2 half-width drawers above, and one shelf above. It is designed to hang clothes up top and fold them into the drawers below. It sits in our living room and has a 46" flat screen in the middle, stereo... up top, and DVDs/tapes in the drawers (sorry, Frank). The sides are walnut plywood (oak centers).

My buddy and I built them in his garage (he did oak). We used the hobby shop on Randolph AFB and Ft Sam Houston in San Antonio for the heavy cutting/planing. The drawer sides are Poplar, if I remember correctly. This was my first project, other than restoring an antique end table and assembling a kit walnut sofa table. In other words, you can do it too.

 

[Henry Boyd]

if you can't (or don't wish to) build them yourself, find a woodworker with experience making things for boats. Obviously, tables used in the cockpit face a different environment than salon furniture, i.e. direct sunlight, salt water exposure etc. But salon furniture also faces a much different environment than household furniture with high levels of humidity, and the dynamic effects of a moving boat.

Henry