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Sweeping Juniper Coffee Table #6: Burled Top with Turquoise Inlay is finished

Candy Hicks — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:12:02 GMT

Here is the other inlay table that we have been working on. This one is inlayed with turquoise from Arizona, the top is burled cottonwood, and the base is juniper, we had to add an extra leg for support. It was finished with Bullseye sealcoat and satin polyurethane.

18 1/2” tall 43” long and 24” at the widest points, the top is 2 1/2” thick.

Juniper Log Table with Stone Inlay Burled Cottonwood Top #4: Malachite Stone Inlay completed, table is finished

Candy Hicks — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:46:31 GMT

After an extensive learning process with inalying stone and dealing with punky wood, we have finished our table.

This table stands 19 1/2” tall
The burled cottonwood top is 2 1/2” thick, 42 1/2” at the longest points and 30” at the widest points

The cottonwood top and base is finished with satin polyurethane, the juniper pedestal is finished with polycrylic.

I will have more pictures posted on our website tomorrow 9/8/2008

Thanks for looking

Sweeping Juniper Coffee Table #5: First Stage of Turquoise Inlay is complete

Candy Hicks — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:59:41 GMT

We have fninshed the first step in the Turquoise inlay process, I was really surprised how the color really pops out. We are waiting on our sandpaper to arrive and once it gets here we can get these tables completed

Sweeping Juniper Coffee Table #4: Sanding on the juniper base

Candy Hicks — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:20:40 GMT

As you can see, all the crevices have been sandblasted, the gray wood has been taken down to the rich wood grain and the gold is turning to blonde. This has been sanded with an electric sander and now I have about half a day of handsanding to make sure there are not any scratches, then it will be time ot build the legs.

There is something very alluring about the movement of this wood, it can be so wild looking, yet so calm that it just pulls you in.

Sweeping Juniper Coffee Table #3: Sanding on the juniper base

Candy Hicks — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:14:51 GMT

There is something very alluring about the movement of this wood, it can be so wild looking, yet so calm that it just pulls you in.

Sweeping Juniper Coffee Table #2: The table top. 70% Sanded

Candy Hicks — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:10:11 GMT

Here is the top, it is 70% sanded. You can see the large crack around the center of the the hearts, we will fill these cracks in with inlay and add some to the other side as well so we can balance it out.

We add a tempered hardboard to the underside of the top, this adds extra stability and seems to help the wood from twisting over time plus with a few wood screws, bolts and gorrilla glue, it is a great way to attach the top to the base.

We knocked the dark spot out of the middle, so now there is a hole. I just love these, it sure adds some more character to the top.

The color will really be rich once we spray the finish

Sweeping Juniper Coffee Table #1: Getting the plan

Candy Hicks — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:28:43 GMT

We have had many requests for coffee tables, so we are making them as fast as we can. We plan on making 2 more coffee tables and I think the next two will have glass tops, anyway here is the project that I am working on.

This table has a “sweeping” movement to it. I had a request to make on that was similar to a coffee table table I posted on here. Well this is as close as I can get. We will also have to add a couple of legs so that it will stand without sitting on a base

Here is the double heart, burled cottonwood top we will be using.

Juniper Log Table with Stone Inlay Burled Cottonwood Top #3: Ready to sand the first stage of stone inlay

Candy Hicks — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:13:43 GMT

Here is how the table looks right now. Everything is bolted together, the branch pedestal, cottonwood base and cottonwood top have been bolted together.

My husband has finished the first step in setting the stone inlay, we now need to sand down the stone so that is is smooth, then add a finer stone to fill in the gaps.

Juniper Log Table with Stone Inlay Burled Cottonwood Top #2: Workong on stone inlay in the burled top

Candy Hicks — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:09:09 GMT

We finished the base and the pedestal, they have both been sprayed with the finish and now the top has been bolted on to the base.

So now we are inalying the malachite

Tim is using the dremmel tool and cleaning up and soft spots and natural cracks so we can add the stone

All the inlay has been set and is now drying

When it is all dry we will sand it down and fill in the gaps with a finer crushed stone, sand again and then spray the top

Juniper Log Table with Stone Inlay Burled Cottonwood Top #1: Putting together a new table idea

Candy Hicks — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:47:03 GMT

Here is a coffee table that we are currently working on, this is one of those juniper pieces that we have had laying around forever and it has finally manifested into a neat little coffee table. It will stand aroun 19” tall

This table will have a burled cottonwood top and the juniper branch base will be sitting on a cottonwood base as well.

This top is almost kidney/bean shaped and has 4 hearts, this will have malachite stone inlay.

Sanding off the gold color and bringing out the blonde