This weekend I had the pleasure of constructing a table with John. He came to me earlier in the week and asked if he could have a table for his room.
Instead of rushing out and buying something, I told him we had the supplies in our garage to build a table.
For a work surface we used some of the left over birch plywood from the sheet I used to build a computer table for Bobbie. (Click
here for the backstory.)
Here's John sanding the edge. After cutting it to size and a through sanding, we finished it with clear water borne polyurethane. That way we got a very nice finish that retains the light birch color.
Because we applied the finish, John had to wait for his table. That was a little tough at first, but as it took four hours between coats, we planned out exactly when we could put on the next one. I didn't need to keep track of the time, because John did it for me!
Finally we put on the legs yesterday afternoon. We carried it up the driveway though the front door and up the steps into John's room.
In keeping with John's interest in sound systems, we set up the table so he could look into the room and work the controls of his small mixer. Who knows? Later he could be recording live music!
