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This one-legged entry table is a recycled project. Before the recession hit I had a good resource for reclaimed lumber. A place I formerly worked at took down old barns and turn-of-the-century log homes, and turned them into new log homes and timber framed houses. This is a creation from some of the “cut-offs” that I snatched up. The leg is what I would call old growth red elm which machines wonderfully and carves well too. The top is a chunk of Douglas Fir which I believe was a cut off from a floor joist when floor joists used to be 3-4 inches thick :).... the design is a culmination of many hours of imagining how i could showcase the old holes in the joist, which instead of cutting them out and tossing them I tried to make them a focal point. My intention was to try and make the saw kerfs “point” to the knot.
-- to the endeavor
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lew
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#1 posted 1570 days ago
Intriguing Piece!
Good Luck in the contest.
Lew
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MsDebbieP
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#2 posted 1570 days ago
this is amazing. I had to look at each picture several times, as i kept getting drawn farther and farther into the design elements and the history. Bravo.
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#3 posted 1570 days ago
Very interesting leg attachment. That is very cool. Think you have something there. Nice!!
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#4 posted 1570 days ago
very cools …great design and work…job well done!
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#5 posted 1570 days ago
interesting concept and really cool
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wood_wench
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#6 posted 1570 days ago
Creative use of recycled “gold” – I doubt anyone else on the forum has access to red elm for their projects. Good luck in the contest!
Dan'um Style
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#7 posted 1570 days ago
a real beauty … hope you enjoyed yourself !
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tinnman65
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#8 posted 1570 days ago
Very nice table, I like the design of the leg.
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#9 posted 1570 days ago
cool. nice design and reuse of some historical lumber…
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#10 posted 1570 days ago
It’s one legged ok. I’m lost here sorry Alistair
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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#11 posted 1569 days ago
Avery unique object, & quite an imagination.
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#12 posted 1561 days ago
Hi, I found this site on Facebook. It’s cool to see that there is so much going on out there.
When we go to the doctor for blood work, does he / she check for the sawdust content?
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Sonny
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#13 posted 1094 days ago
awesome piece!!........creative,original…..excellent
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