| Project by Art | posted 80 days ago | 438 views | 2 times favorited | 5 comments |  |
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A client had a large piece of 10mm thick plate glass that he wanted incorporated into a coffee table. I recycled some 22mm thick beech paneling that was pulled from an old local area mansion during rennovation. The finish is Sapele, linseed and hand rubbed wax.
During this project I learned that it’s much easier to build a table and then cut the glass to fit rather than build a table around an existing piece of glass. Also, note how well you can view your guests’ feet thru the table…....not sure that’s a real selling feature though.
-- Arthur T., Pringle Braai Furniture, South Africa, atrfrmusa@yahoo.co.uk. A lion leaves its skin when it dies....
5 comments so far
a1Jim
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posted 80 days ago
looks Great Art it’s a clear winner :-))
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CaptainSkully
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posted 80 days ago
That’s really nice. We used to have a glass coffee table and I found it needed Windexing every day. Do you mean you used a finishing product called sapele and not sapele wood?
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Innovator
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posted 80 days ago
What a nice job.
It came out wonderful.
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WoodSpanker
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posted 79 days ago
Growing up, my grandparents had a table almost exactly like it. Except it wasn’t built in a home shop, it was mass produced and sold to them for around 700 dollars. So there you go. :D Nice job.
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Beginningwoodworker
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posted 76 days ago
Nice coffee table.
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