Blazier's Woodshop

Custom Furniture Maker - Noblesville, IN

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1929 Ford Model A Pick-Up table, Rat Rod, kitchen, den, office, media room, library, interior design, cabinet maker, decorator, home theater

Aug 2014

I am a lifetime cabinetmaker and artist. I bought this cowl and grill from a 1929 Ford Model A Pickup and I started working on a design to use it. I have seen many custom cars in the Rat Rod Style, with their vintage paint and rust and lowered stance. I decided to build a table between grill and cowl. I supported the cowl off the floor so the bottom of the firewall seam was at 30. That gave my piece the lowered Rat Rod look I was going for. I built two sets of doweled legs and bolted stringers, one for the table and one for the cowl. I stripped the zinc from all of the bolts, nuts and washers I used. I wanted the table top to look like antique fenders so I curved the ends. And being Model A's had a split hood I built the top in two sections. I hung the grill with its filler and bird screen on the front legs. I then cut the top so it wrapped around both the grill and the cowl. I used 6/4 yellow pine after deciding it better fit the rough and rugged style I was trying for. I finished my table with a rust colored stain, water based acrylic and Watco Dark Wax. I rough waxed every piece of wood but did nothing to the metal pieces so they would keep their 85 year old patina. The whole piece is built in four pieces for easier moving. On top of the table legs are locating dowels while the two top halves have biscuits in the middle to align them. The entire piece is 50h x 60w x 72l.

$3k

Noblesville, IN