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Entry Table: Finishing the Job From "Freeform Furniture" episode DFFF-104

Host Amy Devers finishes the Entry Table by sanding the table and applying leather dye to the tray.

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	Host Amy Devers puts the finishing touches on the Entry Table.

Materials:

Eucalyptus rough lumber
Push block
Measuring device
Safety glasses
Miter gauge
White glue
Trowel
Clamps
Dowels
Combination square
Pencil
Awl
Dowel center points
Masking tape
T-square
Biscuits
Chamfer bit
Cowhide
Wooden form
Bucket
Hot water
Glue brush
Utility knife
Ruler
Template boards
Double stick tape
180-grit sandpaper
220-grit sandpaper
Clean cotton cloth
Rubber gloves
Leather dye
Wipe-on polyurethane
Mallet

Tools:

Jointer
Planer
Table saw
Hammer
Drill press
Biscuit jointer
Vacuum bit
Jigsaw
Router

	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C
	Figure D

Finishing the Entry Table

1. Mask off the edges with blue painters tape to avoid any of the dye getting on the parts where the glue will go.

2. Start with 180-grit sandpaper and sand the entire surface with an orbital sander (figure A). Go over it again with 220-grit sandpaper making sure all the edges are completely smooth. Once the surface is sanded, use a cloth and remove any loose dust from the wood.

3. Wearing rubber gloves, apply the leather dye onto a clean cotton cloth and go over the entire surface with long even strokes going with the grain. Make sure to get into the tight crevices of the table (figure B). For a consistent finish, work fast enough so the last layer applied hasn't dried before you put down your next coat.

4. Let the leather dye dry for 24 hours and then apply the wipe-on polyurethane to seal and protect the wood. Once the first coat of polyurethane has dried for four hours, go over the surface with a high grit sandpaper to smooth out the surface of the wood and prepare it for the next coat. Apply the second and third coat of polyurethane giving the finish luster and depth.

5. Once the polyurethane is dry you are ready for assembly. Put a couple of drops of glue into each dowel hole. Pound the pegs into the side panels of the table.
   
   
6. Next, put glue in the holes you drilled in the base of the table and carefully put in the side dowels into the bottom (figure C). Attach the second side piece and clamp it to the base.

7. Install the biscuits into the slots on the miters. It is important to brush a small amount of glue in every slot and then join the mitered panels together.

8. Use clamps to secure all four directions of the table (figure D).

9. With a damp rag, wipe all the excess glue off from the joints and let this piece dry for 24 hours.

RESOURCES :

Delta Woodworking Power Tools
Website: www.deltawoodworking.com

Vacuum Pressing System
Website: www.vacupress.com

Festool
Website: www.festoolusa.com

Gladiator Garageworks by Whirlpool
Website: www.gladiatorgw.com

Stanley Tools Product Group
Website: www.stanleytools.com

Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, Inc.
Website: www.lie-nielsen.com

WMH Tool Group
Website: www.wmhtoolgroup.com

Power Tools (Porter Cable)
Porter Cable Power Tools
Website: www.portercable.com

Hand Tools
Garrett Wade Co., Inc.
Website: www.garrettwade.com

The Peck Tool Company
Website: www.pecktool.com

Biesemeyer
Website: www.biesemeyer.com

Saw Blades
Forrest Manufacturing Company
Website: www.vacupress.com

Jogensen Adjustable Clamp Company
Website: www.adjustableclamp.com

Adhesives, Abrasives and Safety Equipment
The 3M Company
Website: www.3m.com

Klein Tools
Website: www.kleintools.com

Ulmia GmbH
Website: www.ulmia.de

Lumber
Weyerhaeuser Co.
Website: www.weyerhaeuser.com

Woodcraft
Website: www.woodcraft.com

Shop Equipment
Eagle Manufacturing Company
Website: www.eagle-mfg.com