Coffee table with Vt river stones

I like the idea. What kind of wood did you use? Are the stones going to sit flush to the table top?

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If you had the capability of polishing those stones flush with the surface, I think it would be even better. Very nice table, though.

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

Wood is air dried walnut.
The stones sit a half inch proud of the table surface. The stones are river rocks so they are smooth but I wanted the contrast of the smooth wood and rough stone.

-- HenryH - PA

Thats very cool, ditto on the stones maybe cut them into slices with a wet sasw. but I love the table nice job.

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Charlie,
Was that criticism?
I have posted a few projects and all the comments have been very positive and supportive. That’s nice but I appriciate some constructive criticism and positive suggestions.
If we are to grow and get better in the craft a little critisim is a good thing. Thanks.

-- HenryH - PA

I share your vision for the natural river rock. It is a texture thing.

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awesome. i love the contrasting figures and textures.

what are the three dots along each side in the overhead view? i see them on the similar dining table as well (just as nice a piece).

beautiful!! love the effects of both the contrasting wood and the stones
seems “grounded”

-- Ellen on Cape Cod

This is really cool. Great idea and I love the design. Beautiful!

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Fantastic design I like lighter wood inlay on the top. Is that maple?

beautiful table. i like the simplicity of the design

-- Adam, http://adamweisfurniture.com

nice – I have been toying with a similar idea for a table recently…little different, but the same idea of combining wood and stone. isn’t walnut just awesome when finished?

-- Mike - Columbus, Ohio

I am going to go against the grain a little here and say that although I could see it intefering with putting down trays of food or drinks, I like the raised river stones. There was a feature in FWW magazine about the benefits of tops split down the middle the long way , and one option suggested was stone inlays for interest. Apparently having this split allows the wood to expand towards the center, which would eliminate the breadboard ends and the rest of the table shifting out of flush seasonally. If it is criticism you’re after, I’d say the stones and pegged breadboards are garnish enough without the contrasting wood inlays, but that’s nitpicking. Awesome job! (I just looked at your other projects, and you’ve got Walnut on lockdown, my friend!)

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Sweet! I like your design.

-- Dennis Zongker

AaronK – the dots are pegs used in traditional shaker breadboard ends.
Loucarb- inlay is red oak. I like the contrast with walnut. It is yellowish with BLO.
Walnut- yes all my projects are walnut. I bought I truck load from a guy on craigslist for about $.75 a bft. Some was good , some spectacular, but it gave me the freedom to make what I want and learn. if I screwed up it didn’t matter much.

-- HenryH - PA

Konquest – the inspiration came from the FWW article by Doug Stowe. However he’s best know for boxes.

-- HenryH - PA

Being a lover of all things made from Walnut , I would have been more selective as to the placement of my highly figured boards and placed the “plain janes” in the path of the inlays . Other than that , it is a wonderful table design and I think if you flattened the stones , it would defeat the whole purpose of them being there. I like them just the way they are : )

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Love the table and the rocks. I think they look great together.

-- Janice

Such a great Idea nice look well done beautiful

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon