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is a 9'x 42"x32" walnut table the top was selected from 5000 bf of custom sawed lumber these
two 3" slabs once revealed, screamed to be the top even before the saw dust was brushed away
with a fantastic 32" crotch blazing down what wood become the head of the table
the base ,a modified jeoffery greene design which he named Chinese puzzle in which the uprights are
fit on to the trestle then dropped down on the feet and the upper support is then dropped down from
above to finish the lock amazingly i don't think one even needs to glue the joints (i did) but the strenth
of this configuration is amazing
the accents are wenge and quarter sawn sycamore with the exception of the pegs joining the uprights to
the trestle all the embellishments are first inlaid wenge then the sycamore was inlaid into that creating
the desired effect for the client, (artistically i wood have loved to see all the joinery but in all walnut,
maybe the next one) the feet caps are affixed with a 2 1/2 " x 3 1/2" haunched tenon and the cut line is . inaid with 1/8" wenge
an interesting side note after i finished the last of the inlay all of which was hand cut to 1/32" to 1/64"
barring the round stuff , i had to measure the total linear feet (i suspected it was mor than a foot or two)
the total footage weighed in at a whopping 57'and 3/4"
the drying process wasn't as kindly as i had hoped and to combat the honeycombing liquid epoxy
was used to fill the gaps
i used a marine grade catalyzed polyurethane with a uv protectant that carries a ten year guarantee
used on yachts twelve coats built up in a high gloss to fill the grain then two coats of satin top coat
all totaled from the time i got the wood back from the kiln it took me six months build this table
is a 9'x 42"x32" walnut table the top was selected from 5000 bf of custom sawed lumber these
two 3" slabs once revealed, screamed to be the top even before the saw dust was brushed away
with a fantastic 32" crotch blazing down what wood become the head of the table
the base ,a modified jeoffery greene design which he named Chinese puzzle in which the uprights are
fit on to the trestle then dropped down on the feet and the upper support is then dropped down from
above to finish the lock amazingly i don't think one even needs to glue the joints (i did) but the strenth
of this configuration is amazing
the accents are wenge and quarter sawn sycamore with the exception of the pegs joining the uprights to
the trestle all the embellishments are first inlaid wenge then the sycamore was inlaid into that creating
the desired effect for the client, (artistically i wood have loved to see all the joinery but in all walnut,
maybe the next one) the feet caps are affixed with a 2 1/2 " x 3 1/2" haunched tenon and the cut line is . inaid with 1/8" wenge
an interesting side note after i finished the last of the inlay all of which was hand cut to 1/32" to 1/64"
barring the round stuff , i had to measure the total linear feet (i suspected it was mor than a foot or two)
the total footage weighed in at a whopping 57'and 3/4"
the drying process wasn't as kindly as i had hoped and to combat the honeycombing liquid epoxy
was used to fill the gaps
i used a marine grade catalyzed polyurethane with a uv protectant that carries a ten year guarantee
used on yachts twelve coats built up in a high gloss to fill the grain then two coats of satin top coat
all totaled from the time i got the wood back from the kiln it took me six months build this table