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Pine Parkay Coffee Table
I built this table for my Mom for her birthday. It is constructed from cabinet grade solid pine. I used Mortise and Loose Tennon Joinery to join the apron stock to the legs. The Parkay top was made by edge gluing differing width pine boards together, cross cutting the edge glued boards into strips and reassembling them with glue and biscuits out of order. I know that end grain to end grain joinery is generally weak, but in this case the overall size of the top along with biscuits made it remarkably strong. The table also has a third stretcher under the middle of the table to add strength. I finished the table by sanding to 120 grit, Varathane Early American Stain, 1 coat linseed oil, and 3 coats of tung oil.
Thanks for looking
Aaron the “Cheesehead”
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Brandon
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posted 499 days ago
Very nice! I like the pattern created and the overall finish on it :-)
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Bill
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posted 499 days ago
A nice design and great color for the table. Well done Aaron.
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mot
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posted 499 days ago
Wow! That top came out nice!
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Skee
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posted 499 days ago
Excellent finishing job – very nicely done. I recently did a similar thing with alternating wood species and also worried about end grain to end grain glue, so attached a 3/4” plywood base under the top for structure – I’m sure it was overkill for the situation, but that many joints in such a small space raised my anxiety enough to get me scratching my head.
The whole piece is very eye catching.
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Tony
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posted 499 days ago
It looks really great. I love the design of the top.
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fred
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posted 499 days ago
I love tops like that. Great job.
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rentman
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posted 498 days ago
nice work
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WayneC
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posted 498 days ago
Great lines. The top reallly stands out. I bet your mom loved it.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 498 days ago
Very cool design idea, nicely executed.
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jockmike2
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posted 498 days ago
when I first saw this I wanted to play some hoops, then I quickly or dully came to my senses. Very nice looking table, your Mother must be proud. That top is just out standing. Keep up the great work jockmike
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PanamaJack
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posted 498 days ago
Flat awesome Aaron. Great piece of woorworking art!
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oscorner
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posted 498 days ago
Great looking top and table.
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Cheesehead
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posted 498 days ago
Thanks guys
I appreciate all of the positive comments
My mom did love the table
MsDebbieP
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posted 497 days ago
Great table .. the top, even with all of the pieces together, looks very soft and delicate. Perfect gift for a “mom”.
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scottb
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posted 491 days ago
very nice… will mom let you play basketball on it? (Parquet reminds me of the Boston Garden)
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