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Table's top photo one
Gerald Boggs -
Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 3:35pm
Blacksmithing Furniture Gallery  Here's the soapstone top. Next photo will be a overview. Gerald  Goodness no!
Gerald Boggs -
Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 3:54pm
Good day Janet Goodness no :-) I asked for and really wanted feedback. I just posted one last photo with the top uncut. I didn't worry about trying the other. Soapstone is easy to work. I only had 70 minutes invested in making the top, and I've a large enough piece in the shop to cut a new one. Fair Winds » reply  weighty subject
Gene Olson -
Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 4:10pm
A comment was made about Stability. How about insetting a thick slab of stone as a lower shelf kind of like a bezel set stone, and then put a light glass piece on top. or a lighter stone piece. "mass" studies can be done in bead board. Gene Olson » reply  Gerald- This is way too nice
Rob Sigafoos -
Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 9:09pm
Gerald- » reply  I think I need to see it
eligius1427 -
Friday, January 11, 2008 - 2:40pm
I think I need to see it with a piece of glass. I like the look of the stone and the metal, but you certainly want to be able to see your metalwork. Both materials look rugged and from the earth. Although glass will let you look through and get a better view of the metalwork, it will be clean and polished. I guess I'm on the fence, sorry. Gene's idea of using the stone on the bottom might be a good solution. Jake » reply Top
Gerald Boggs -
Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 7:22am
Table top, hummm decisions to make. I agree with Gene, a base inside would balance it out nicely. I look at it and like the stone, but because of the mass and contrast, it needs something to counter it and a second piece of stone would work nicely. However, as I forged welded the ring and then punched the holes, the rings might not be quite round. :-)* Not very noticeable as it is, but I tried to fit a piece of stone in there... I like the shamrock looking stone, but I'm not sold on it for this one. I think I'll set it aside for a future table with a organic motif or with a bit of Celtic work. If I got really ambitious, I could make a metal knot and inset it into the stone. :-) Haven't got the glass yet, but as Janet thought, for this table, glass is what's going to work. Thank you everyone ever so much for the advice and input. *Working on those skills but just not there yet. That's one of the things I like about doing this table, punching 16 holes and getting them to all line-up was a nice push on my skills. Had to work at it, but not so much that I got overwelmed. Now to do it AND get the rings to come out round :-) Gerald Boggs » reply |
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Not Sure!
Hi Gerald,
I'm not sure about the soap stone. It seems too blocky for the piece. I didn't realise you were going to inset it like that. Why not just lay it on top of the piece? I'd like to see the glass, might show your gorgeous metalwork off better. Hope you don't take this comment wrong.....JanetR.