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Project by Ollie posted 173 days ago 641 views 1 time favorited 6 comments Add to Favorites Watch

This is a table I made for my laptop, the zebra wood was one thick piece from a reclamation yard which I cut down the middle to bookmatch it. It killed 2 hardpoint handsaws ,ha ha ha and took a whole day. I joined it with dowels which was a fair success but not perfect. The legs and stretchers are maple which came out well considering it was my first go at mortise tenons. apart from when repairing windows. finished in danish oil. I am happy with this table as it fulfills its purpose perfectly it has casters so I can roll it around nicely. Ollie.

-- Ollie, swindon England.


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PurpLev

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posted 173 days ago

Very nice. that top looks great! and welcome !

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Joshua Howe

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posted 173 days ago

Looks really good!
A word of advise though I built a kitchen table out of popular/ebony stain/poly clear for my brother and his wife used the laptop on this table on a daily bases. The laptop’s power supply and cpu heat sink all where vented out the bottom of the laptop. With this intense heat blowing directly on the joints in the top of the table it caused a crack about an 1/8 of an inch the length of the laptop. So make sure and place a mat under the laptop. I would hate to see all this hard work to be focused on a crack in the table top.

-- Wood,clay,metal, and stone are all just materials, until an artist's hand touches them.--TreeFormDesign

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TopamaxSurvivor

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posted 173 days ago

Nice table!! Does that turn the laptop into a table top:-))

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Ollie

22 posts in 173 days


posted 173 days ago

Ha ha yes Joshua, thanks for the advice I discovered this myself also. I noticed the joint starting to spread from the heat. So i bought a little aluminium wedge thingy with some fans in it, this has sorted it out. thanks for all comments.

-- Ollie, swindon England.

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Dusty56

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posted 172 days ago

Absolutely gorgeous table !

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bowyer

342 posts in 294 days


posted 172 days ago

Lovely table!!

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