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Tumbling Block Table

Project by WoodMosaics posted 429 days ago 1178 views 7 times favorited 22 comments Add to Favorites Watch

The pattern on table is the “Tumbling Block” quilt pattern. The table stands 30” tall and is 47 1/4” wide and 54 ½” long. There are almost 6000 pieces on the entire table. The pieces are used over the edge and onto the pedestal and feet of the table. The table is finished in its natural color with 6 or 8 coats of varnish. After the varnish hardens for at least a month, I level it and buff it to a high shine. The pieces are a bit over 3/16 inches; thick, glued onto a Baltic Birch base, so they hold up much better than a thin veneer. The pattern has the illusion of a lot of blocks but there are as many stars as there are blocks. The design forces you to see the blocks. On each diamond, if you go to the side you are in the middle of a block. At each point you are in the middle of a star that has 6 points. The type of wood is listed on the bottom of the table usually from the center out but on this pattern all 3 kinds of wood are equally close to the center. On this table the light wood is “Ash”, the dark wood is “Walnut” and the other is “Oak”, all from Missouri.

Detail

The 3 pictures show how the pattern goes over the edge and seems to change compared to the adjoining side. Opposite sides of the pedestal are the same, adjoining sides are different corresponding to the pattern going over the edge of the table from the top. It gives a different look to each foot on the table. The design does have a continuity going to the adjoining side of either the pedestal or edge of the table.

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This is some detail of the feet and pedestal of my “Large Tumbling Block” table.

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In working on this table I get to where about all I can see is the stars that are on it, and I have trouble seeing the blocks that it is named for.

-- It’s not so much what we know that causes the trouble, it’s what we know that’s not so.


22 comments so far

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lew

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posted 429 days ago

Awesome!!!

Just out of curiosity, how long did it take?

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yosoybyrd

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posted 429 days ago

Wow thats amazing

-- William Byrd- WAR EAGLE!

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jm82435

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posted 429 days ago

You are going to make my eyes fall out! I like the way the pattern wraps over the edges.

-- A thing of beauty is a joy forever...

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Kipster

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posted 429 days ago

I would be dizzy after about 10 min, while applying the finish

-- Kip Northern Illinois ( If you don't know where your goin any road will take you there) George Harrison

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Dennis Zongker

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posted 429 days ago

Now that’s a lot of Parquetry! Very Nice.

-- Dennis Zongker

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Woodhacker

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posted 429 days ago

Robin, Welcome to Lumberjocks. You’ve done some truly phenomenal work here! I just visited your website too…incredible stuff…you really have your technique down.

Thanks for posting it.

-- Martin, Kansas

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savannah505

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posted 429 days ago

I’m speechless, I keep saying WOW !!!!!!!

-- Dan Wiggins

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darryl

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posted 429 days ago

I’m not even sure what to say… this is just amazing!

-- www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.darrylmasterson.etsy.com

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Christopher

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posted 429 days ago

Very cool. I have to admit though, I still can’t see the stars!

-- "That Government is Best that Governs The Least."-Jefferson

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Brad_Nailor

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posted 429 days ago

I know it’s not nice to curse, but…HOLY CRAP! That is amazing..it gives me vertigo to look at it for more than a minute! I can’t even imagine the time and effort it took to make that piece!

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

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WoodMosaics

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posted 429 days ago

Lew; It took quite a while.

Christopher; Don’t feel like the lone ranger, at some shows I would have a star shape the same size cut out in a piece of paper, I would lay it over the star so they could then see the star, and when I picked up the paper the star would disappear for them. Just concentrate on the point of the diamond. There will be 6 points there, sometimes the star will appear.

-- It’s not so much what we know that causes the trouble, it’s what we know that’s not so.

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Doug S.

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posted 429 days ago

Wow. Look into my table. You are getting sleepy. Verrry sleepy. :-)

I cant even imagine the amount of work that must have gone into that.

-- Use the fence Luke

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kolwdwrkr

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posted 429 days ago

Doug S. that’s funny. Made me giggle, and when I look at that table that’s how I feel. Like I’m being hypnotized. I think it’s telling me to like it, so I will and do. Great looking table.

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

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GaryK

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posted 429 days ago

Man! Somebodys got a lot of time on their hands!

Looks fantastic. Kind of hard on the eyes though.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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DAN

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posted 429 days ago

you are getting good at that ! AMAZING

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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woodyone

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posted 428 days ago

Incredible, Can’t wait to see more of your work. Well done.

Woody.

-- Woody, UK

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cobbler

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posted 428 days ago

Superb! Lots of time and patience went
in to this masterpiece.
Thanks for sharing.

-- ''Carry on my wayward son''

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Jerry

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posted 428 days ago

I have never seen anything like it. VERY impressive
thanks for sharing

-- Jerry - Rochester, MN *Whether you think you can or you can't, you are probably right*

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WhattheChuck

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posted 428 days ago

Cool! Very Escher-esque!

-- Chuck, Pullman, WA

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Jim Crockett

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posted 428 days ago

Phenomenal work – I can’t imagine having the patience to complete a project such as this! I must say that although it is beautiful, I cannot picture myself sitting at the table and eating a meal – I’m afraid that vertigo from staring into the design would overcome any desire to eat! But that’s just me!

Jim Crockett

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Griffindork

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posted 195 days ago

It took me about 12 minutes to find a star and it vanished in the blink of an eye.

This is just, amazing!

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Greg

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posted 111 days ago

Pass the Eye Drops. My eyes hurt from looking at it. Very impressive!

-- Each and Every step of any project should be considered your masterpiece if you want the finished product to reflect the quality of your work. Greg Little

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