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Other than folding stepstools, this is my first real furniture project. It is built out of South Texas mesquite. The top is out of a 13 inch wide 4/4 slab. It’s hard to find a mesquite board that wide without major voids and cracks. I actually have enough left of the slab for a pair of matching end tables. I also found this beautiful peice of mesquite burl with amazing figure that I resawed for the drawer fronts. The legs are attached with sliding dovetails, drawer fronts with one hand cut dovetail on each side. The only metal used was the figure eight tabs I used to attach the top which was raised to give it that “floating” effect I’ve seen on a couple or other pieces I have seen on this site. I could have probably gotten away with directly attaching the top since mesquite moves hardly at all.
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mtnwild
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#1 posted 1596 days ago
Beautiful Tom. Nice project, first rate! Great wood selection, great design, superb craftsmanship.
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lew
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#2 posted 1596 days ago
Really Beautiful!
I like the shaker influence.
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CharlieM1958
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#3 posted 1596 days ago
That is really grrgeous!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Bigbuck
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#4 posted 1596 days ago
Very nice
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griff
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#5 posted 1596 days ago
Very nice, the finish looks great.
-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none
Thos. Angle
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#6 posted 1595 days ago
WOW, if this the first, I can’t wait to see the 100th!!! Great workmanship and a beautiful chunk of wood.
-- Thos. Angle, Jordan Valley, Oregon
savannah505
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#7 posted 1595 days ago
Really a nice looking table, I’ve never seen misquite this nice, usually I’m smoking food on a barbecue with it. What kind of finish and how did you apply it?
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Woodhacker
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#8 posted 1595 days ago
Tom that is Sweeet. The grain in the mesquite is stunning…especially the burl.
Thanks for posting it.
-- Martin, Kansas
trifern
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#9 posted 1595 days ago
Beautiful table, Tom. Thanks for sharing.
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scott shangraw
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#10 posted 1595 days ago
I always love Mesquite.You had some great Mesquite burl there that pretty hard to find.Great job!!!!!
-- Scott NM,http://www.shangrilawoodworks.com
ShaneS
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#11 posted 1595 days ago
Gorgeous, just gorgeous. Good job, Tom. Mesquite is fast becoming my favorite. I just bought two stumps from a young tree trimer for $100.00. One of the stumps is approximately 4 ft. across. I can’t wait to take it and get it milled. Once again, looks great!
Shane
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Dennis Zongker
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#12 posted 1595 days ago
Sweet Looking table. I love the Mesquite Burl.
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miles125
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#13 posted 1595 days ago
I’m gonna have to try mesquite sometime. Never see the stuff around here. Beautiful table!
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Les Hastings
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#14 posted 1594 days ago
Beautiful table Tom, great selection of lumber!
-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)
DrDirt
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#15 posted 1592 days ago
Really nice work – I always liked how visually ‘light’ projects seem with the floating top designs.
Gorgeous wood as well.
Nice materials – nice design and good craftsmanship….can’t go wrong!
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