New Salon Table

[Rick Johnson]

Since I moved to Texas I have not been able to bring all my tools out from California.  Therefore, I decided to ask my airline pilot cousin in New Hampshire if he might give me a hand and build a new table for me in a slightly smaller size.  The following picture is the result and does not do it justice!  The darn thing is beautiful.  3/4 inch teak plywood with teak molding around the edge.  The compass center is walnut, maple, mahogany and ash.  I've asked him to give me a write-up which I'll submit to projects after I get some pictures of the table installed.  Damn, now I really owe him....

[Jeff Kaplan]

rick, awsome jiob.as you saw in my pic, i used white laminate. didn't think of teak ply, now wished i had. enjoy...jeff kaplan

[Ron Hill]

Rick : You sure have a beautiful table!!
Sure is funny how people have different tastes.  When I wanted to cut mine to install a hinge and make it a drop-leaf; I had to PROMISE the 1st mate that that table wouldn't be even a 1/4" smaller - or she wouldn't have let me do it!!  She likes a big table.   

[Rick Johnson]

Before...

[Rick Johnson]

After

[Jim Price]

Here is another version - "poor man's version"

I made this from a "dishwasher end panel" I picked up from Home Depot.  Finish is melamine on both sides.  I cut the long side to width, rounded the corners (hardest part), finished the corners with edge banding (Home Depot) and mounted to old table support.  I made the trim / fiddles from red oak and stained to get close to finish.  Let the corners open for "crumb gathering".

The panel was less than $30 best I remember and oak pieces were about $12 plus my cheap labor.

Still can serve 4 people and everyone can get in and out.  Mounted original table to aft cabin bulkhead with bungee cord setup for use as bed frame when needed.

[Roland Gendreau]

Rick

Nice job!

Your cousin could probably market clones of that table to a number of us C34 owners!

Any chance he'd be interested in making more of them?

Roland Gendreau
Gratitude #1183

[Rick Johnson]

Roland,

I told him he should start picking up projects.  He really does wonderful woodwork and he is coming up on retirement.  He said he'd build others for $500 each but I'm not sure if he was kidding.  By my count there is over $200 in materials.

Cheers,

Rick

[Kathy Knowles]

Hello,

I keep getting this error message when I try to open the jpg attachments:
"An Error Has Occurred!
It seems that you are not allowed to download or view attachments on this board."  I've searched, checked profiles and security settings, etc and updated everything I can.  I also tried another computer system.  Finally I give up.     Does one need special permission to be able to view the attachments?

Thanks for your help!

Kathy Knowles
#591 1988
C34IA Member

[Kathy Knowles]

Hello Again,

Seems that once I sent my first post everything opens up automatically.     Go figure. 

Thanks again.

Kathy

[Steve Ormond]

Mine got blocked too!

Steve Ormond
Schipperke #1052