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Hello Folks: This is a table I built for a friend at work. He is a huge Illini fan, and has terminal cancer. I used recycled bleacher wood for the entire project. The wood came from our local private catholic school where I work at, as well as the Dominican Sisters Convent. The hardest part was making jigs to rout out the curved letters. The wood was very brittle and had alot of dried gum which still had some flavor left in it (lol). I inlaid a 12” magnet of the chief into the center and covered the top with clear coat epoxy. All the orange lettering and the main blue circles are latex paint mixed with water putty filler. I wrote a prayer for my friend and his family, rolled it up, and put it inside one of the legs. He liked the table.
GOD BLESS and THANKS
K-HOP
-- How am I doing? Better than I deserve.
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cnccutter
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posted 131 days ago
great job K-Hop…. your friend is a lucky guy to have a friend like you put his thought into a great project like this. I’m not sure why you took the gum off the bottom though… would have made it a lot more authentic to a real sports fan … :)
Erik
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cwdance1
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posted 131 days ago
Great job, good friends are hard to come by.
Keep up the good work.
jockmike2
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posted 131 days ago
Beautiful work and a wonderful sentiment for your friend. You are the kind of friends that are hard to come by. God Bless You.
-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com
George Barreras
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posted 131 days ago
Outstanding job by a tremendous friend. My prayers are with your friend.
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a1Jim
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posted 131 days ago
very unique table well done
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
SimonSKL
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posted 131 days ago
I am an Illini fan too! Your table is awesome and your friend must be thrilled. I wish him well.
-- Simon, Danville, IL
SimonSKL
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posted 127 days ago
Khop, May I ask where did you get the Chief decal? I am looking for one but don’t know where to find one as the Chief is no longer an official mascot of U of IL.
-- Simon, Danville, IL
khop
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posted 125 days ago
SimonSKL, I ordered the 12” Magnet from T.I.S.College Bookstore. Just google Chief Illiniwek magnet and you can find it that way. Sorry I don’t know how to add a link. Good Luck
KHOP
-- How am I doing? Better than I deserve.