Saturday, June 9, 2012

Red or White? Complete

I have a lot of pieces to make for the exhibition.
I recently started making a couple of tables out of some wooden wine boxes I was given.  The legs are tapered and notched to fit around the box.  I pegged the legs with copper roofing nails and textured the head of the nails.  I finished the table with a urethane top coat and applied a coat of wax to amber and add patina to the table.  I used rope cleats to secure the glass top.  I painted the cleats a copper/brass color to match the patina and the copper nails on the legs.  I attached the plexi glass by drilling holes in it and using brass screws that went through the cleats and bolted to the underside of the box lid.  I fabricated and added a glass rack on the underside of the box, it holds two wine glasses perfectly.
I sanded the edges of the plexi glass using 600 grit wet/dry sandpaper.  I will torch the edges to make them clear.  This project will be a project on a future episode of " The Garage with Steve Butler"  Tune in to charter on demand and catch an episode, click on 'community interest'. 







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