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Bus Discussion => Bus Topics ( click here for quick start! ) => Topic started by: buddydawg on June 14, 2010, 03:48:33 AM
I have been working on a new dinette table for the past few weeks and finally got it installed yesterday. It is solid mahogany, I left it natural and put a laquer finish on it.
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That is very nice indeed! I do like the more natural finish on the mahogany - does it darken with age and sunlight the way cherry does? Our table is two thirds of an antique-ish drop-leaf table, made of solid quarter-sawn white oak. leaf drops - lots of room to move around and you still have a 14" wide table that was the center section, leaf up and you have a nice big dining table.
Brian
Nice looking table! Question here.........does the table support post slip into a bracket that is attached below the flooring? And the flooring tile or granite is nice looking too.........well laid out!
It has been about a month since I surfaced the mahogany and it is darkening up nicely so far. I really wanted to go natural with this table since I had this beautiful piece of wood. Now I have to get back on more important projects.
Quote from: muddog16 on June 14, 2010, 05:07:07 AM
Nice looking table! Question here.........does the table support post slip into a bracket that is attached below the flooring? And the flooring tile or granite is nice looking too.........well laid out!
The post sits in a bracket mounted below the tile. I had a pic of it somewhere, I'll see if I can find it.
Thats what we used to call 'rope' mahogany, it's one of the nicest woods to work with and takes an awesome finish, you've got a table to be proud of. Libby made me redo her kitchen in the bus, it originally was oak but she stumbled upon a pile of rosewood I had hidden so the whine was on, I finally saved my rosewood by convincing her that mahogany would be far better and she agreed to go that way, I think her kitchen turned out great, hopefully she won't see your table, that'll set her off on a whole new round of work for me lol.