Wuddoc, Welcome Aboard.
That is a great coffee table!! It looks fanatastic and so functional.
I am sure some of those on here that are working in their apartments will be interested in this concept.
Thanks for the post, and thanks for spending your carreer promiting and teaching woodworking. Look forward to seeing more of your work.
This is a really nice build. Very unique. I can honestly say I have never seen, nor dreamed of, a coffee table patterned after a workbench. Only a LumberJock would produce something like this.
You have made a pretty massive coffee table cum work bench using your precious time while watching movie. The design is very good. What are the dimentions of the table?
Ohhhhh wuddoc, you really have the disease bad! You're gonna fit in fine around here! Welcome aboard and I gotta say that is the best coffee table I think I've ever seen. You wouldn't happen to use a router as a food processor would you?
Wuddoc I love this!!!! I just showed this to my wife and she said…..........uhhh NO! I think to hide the idea of woodworking in the living room though I might make the Lazyboy have a pop out carving bench, then I am sure she will agree to that!
FANTASTIC - you showed not only great craftsmanship but truly solid imagination in coming up with this unique piece!
Curious to the material used on the top?
The top is native cherry solar kiln dried and Michigan Northern Hard Maple. There are several pieces of 1/4" all-thread running inside to help hold the top together. I covered the all thread ends with cherry plugs. The back side of the coffee table workbench is a 1/2" wider strip to stop items from rolling off the table. The end caps are designed to float as the top expands and contracts.
The dimensions are within furniture coffee table standards at 18" deep and 16" high. I selected the 2/3 standard based on the width of my love seat so the table is 30".
The doors are raised panel and the drawers have wood slides that are designed for full extension. The vice consists of an acme threaded shaft with a Pipe "T" tapped for the thread. The small metal dog is just square 3/8" bar stock. The lock for the dog is a brass thumb screw that turns inside of a self tapping threaded insert.I used ball caster counter-bored into the legs to allow the table to move easily.
My idea book for fasteners, fittings, and items that may work for what I am attempting comes from the McMaster-Carr catalog.