Made in Japan

Lauan! Thats new to me. I use Lauan plywood all the time, but i’ve never seen it in stock form. Good looking craftsmanship!

Very nice Niki. A great looking table. tell your wife all the Jocks like the stained version, now can you purchase your router.

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

hahaha I laughed at the “WE decided” and then the “but if I want a new router”... tooo funny.

Since I’m female I think it is safe for me to say that I like the original better AND I think you need to buy a new router! :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Thank you

Dennis
Lauan is almost “standard” wood in Japan, it comes in 1½” ~ 4” thick boards.
The legs are made of 3½” x 3½” block.

Karson
That was 10 years ago and I got my router.
You don’t know what I did to get the new table saw…

Regards
niki

Thank you Debbie

Since you are female you know that we (males) have to obey if we want new “toys”...and we want! :)

Regards
niki

Beautiful looking table, nice design. I was just thinking about all the junk I could put in all those drawers. Jockmike

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

Nice table and I liked the original finish as well.

-- JohnShackleford,North Carolina

Very nice. Kudos to your wife for the design, but you are right about the finish. :-)

Of course I’m always willing to pucker up to some posterior female anatomy in exchange for a new toy!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I love the Asian aesthetic. I love your project.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com

OK Since you got the router, I like the first version better. (Not that I’m being wishy-washey – I just wanted to get you the router)

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

of course, we don’t really get a good look at the rest of the room – -perhaps the second version “fits” better in the room.
(some one has to stick up for the boss!)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I’ve got a bedroom set (not made by me) that we had built of Lauan while we were stationed in the Philippines. There, they called it “Philippine Mahogany”.

-- To do is to be

Beautiful Table Niki, now I want to hear the table saw story…

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

Thank you for your compliments

Jockmike2
Don’t count on it. 3 drawers, all the way in (20”) and still we have a lot of junk on top of the table.
I don’t know way, but it looks to me that we are making all the “storage units” to store the junk and to clear the way for more junk…:)

Jspelbring
Lauan is growing over all south-east Asia and it’s imported to Japan.
Those guys are smart, they import wood from all over the world and keep their forests untouched (and they have many).

Obi
For the table saw I agreed to live in Poland and that’s bad enough….:)

niki

Great table Nikki. What’s the price of wood like in Japan? Similar to that in Poland? Excellent detailing on this coffee table.

-- Carpe Lignum; Tornare Lignum (Seize the wood, to Turn the wood)