The Sri Lankan woods table is now finished.

S. L. table - ever see a dovetail like this?

CONGER - The Irish diaspora in Munich

>Minor slip... Islam dictates that 'nothing is perfect - only Allach'. That is why ALL great works - including the better Qum carpets have an 'intentional' mistake... my table is no exception.... at the back... out of sight... that will puzzle someone some day! ;-(�)

-g-

Re: S. L. table - a detail.

CONGER - The Irish diaspora in Munich

>The 'sugar loaf' form allows for the imperfections of working by hand... i.e. it hides the sins! It also allows to 'hide' the KUNOS that I applied to seal the surface.

I hope you enjoyed the pix... and forgive me for my honesty.

-g-

Re: S. L. table - ever see a dovetail like this?

Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX

>Beautiful, Conger; but I'm a bit confused. Is this a table or a wall hanging? If a table, the crevices would be dirt magnets (especially with a boiled linseed oil and wax finish). Love your "imperfections", are we talking veneered dovetails?

Pam

Re: S. L. table - ever see a dovetail like this?

CONGER - The Irish diaspora in Munich

>The table is 'dustable' - the surface is now shiny, dry and hard... def. not sticky. The wax had a high carnuba content and that dries almost solid... but VERY thin. The KUNOS itself dries hard... and was hard as I left it for 2 weeks over Christmas before I applied the wax.

The crevices are not deep (approx 1mm), and the table can be easily wiped clean.

The 'floating' dovetail is a 'real' dovetail... just not as planned. Rather like a dental bridge... there was no point in trying to hide the faux pas... so I chose a contrasting wood. The pic below shows one of the other corners... as it was intended!

You win some... you loose some.

-g-