Saturday, November 21, 2009


I saw a photo of another table by Charles Limbert, dating from the early 1900's. Construction is a bit less challenging than the previous table. But the lines are great, with interesting negative space. The photo is of a test fitting of the pieces, not yet glued.

Table finished. Mission gel stain with 2 coats of shellac, 5 coats of wipe-on varnish.

I had planned to fume the table with ammonia, but didn't like the results: too gray. Maybe it was particular to that batch of white oak. I'll try again with another project since I now have the fume tent and a gallon of ammonia.

New Project Hallicrafters SX-101A Communications Receiver Saw this for sale on ebay and just could not resist. This is one of ham radio rece...