| Project by Jim | posted 54 days ago | 729 views | 3 times favorited | 9 comments |  |
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Table with wide teak edging and teak legs. Top is mahogany. It’s a multi-use table that will double as an artist’s work table ( it’ll be covered with glass), and extra dining table. Drawer is for storing art supplies. My first time working with teak and I really enjoyed this wood. It works easily and has a natural oil/waxy feeling. I had concerns about gluing the teak because of its oiliness but I wiped it with acetone and then glued using yellow glue (Titebond III) and had no problems. In fact I took some pieces and test glued them and then tried to break them—no problem with the glue joints. The yellow glue held great. The legs were laminated to make 3” square.
-- Jim, www.greenteawoodworking.com
9 comments so far
blockhead
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posted 54 days ago
Very nice table…I really like the clean design and looks super sturdy. You will get many years of use… Great job!
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Walnut_Weasel
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posted 54 days ago
Looks good. Thanks for sharing.
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Woodwrecker
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posted 54 days ago
Straight, Strong & Sturdy.
Just what the doctor ordered!
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CharlieM1958
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posted 54 days ago
Interesting design….looks great!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Dennis_MGWW
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posted 54 days ago
Very nice, I love the look of both teak and mahogany.
-- Dennis, http://www.maplegrovewoodworks.com/
woodchips
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posted 54 days ago
did you find that you really enjoyed the smell of fresh cut/sanded teak? it is my absolute favorite wood to smell, truly love to smell it.
great looking table too, by the way!
~isaac
-- "Who but a fool would discard seeminly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent engineering" -- Aldo Leopold
shopmania
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posted 54 days ago
Did you put a small rabbet around the edge of the big panel to make a groove around the edge? It’s hard to tell in the picture. Nice looking table!
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scottz
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posted 54 days ago
Beautiful table.
Like shopmania, I’m also curious about the top assembly – is it basically frame and panel construction?
Beginningwoodworker
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posted 53 days ago
Beautiful table!
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