Slab Sanding: Friday Update
A detail week full of cleaning off excess epoxy, filling pin holes, and sanding. Honestly, it was a boring week full of slow progress. Sanding takes time to do a good job and I unfortunately missed a few tear out areas and had to scrape and resand some areas but it was worth the extra effort to do it right.
I had hoped to have finish on the project, but I’m not quite there and will finish finishing this weekend which means next week the table will be done. Unfortunately, delivery won’t be until the end of the month which means I’ll wrap the table in blankets to keep it nice and warm while it slumbers for the next few weeks.
While I was sanding my mind wandered toward what’s next and I realized there are three upcoming projects.
The first for a client, a refinishing and repair job which starts next week. Not video worthy material but good to test my finish matching skills and restore some beautiful mid-century modern pieces to their former glory.
The next, which is one I’ll probably start at the same time as refinishing, is a big batch of picture frames my wife has been waiting on for a year, so I should probably start those.
And finally, a project I am most excited for, an entry table.
I shared my original design a few months ago and, while interesting, doesn’t match our house. I’m keeping the design for a future build, but casting it aside for now.
I designed a new table, roughly thus far, to be simple. It looks like a bit like a writing desk, but thinner. My requirements were straightforward. No lower shelf, my wife doesn’t want another spot to decorate. It needs drawers.
With such simple requirements I went with a simple design. Four legs, a top, three drawers. The complicated part will be the legs which will be tapered and have a curve to them which will require the sides and drawer faces to be scribed to them. I know, no picture to visualize this but it’s coming.
I want to add curves because all my pieces up to this point have had straight lines, with a taper thrown in here and there. Adding curves introduces a new layer of complexity. The first challenge is simply cutting consistent curves, the second, joining curves together.
I’m excited for the challenge and plan to start this project as soon as I knock a few small things off my list.