Hickory Coffee Table - Modified Mission Style

wow…love that shine on the top…i just checked out some Arts and Craft books from the library…cant wait…to make something…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Absolutely. I love it, too. Our home’s woodwork is mostly mission, but with some shaker. You did an excellent job.

Was it from plans … that you have … or did you design it. If it’s plans … can you point me to them? I think SWMBO would love it.

BTW: is it a glue-up top? If so, how many boards @ what dimension?

Very nicely done.

Matt: I sometimes miss your part of the world, but … where I live now … we have crazy, former L.A. balloon boy people :-)

-- -- Neil

Looks great, I started one of these today.

-- Roy L, Arizona

What a wonderful table, looks great….

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

looks great very nice table and good details

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

That table looks great! Might have to investigate hickory for some future projects.

-- Mistake? No, that's just an unexpected design opportunity....

Great flow on the grain….Nice work….

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Great looking table and great looking work. I read some time ago that hickory was difficult wood to work with. What is your opinion on that?

-- Mike, American in Norway

This is a wonderful looking table. I am a big fan of mission style furniture and it looks like you did a good job on the construction and finish of this table. Hickory is a beautiful wood with nice color variation and gorgeous graining.l I am looking forward to seeing the next additions to this set.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Beautiful grain.
Nice build.

-- John Stoler Apple Creek Ohio

Very nice table…..like the grain

-- The Olson workshop

For me personally Hickory is a hit or miss on how good it looks. But you nailed it! Looks great. Nice work.

-- James - What's your excuse this time??

Looks great.

-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!

Nicely made. Love the finish.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Thanks all,
I took the plans for mission furniture I bought from WoodCraft Store, Modified it by skipping the drawer and eliminating the Farrings (sp?) (Cut arched on the rails). Put a 45 Deg champer on the rails, legs, shelf and top.

yes NBeener, I glued up the top. used 5/4 s2s Rustic Hickory board that were differend widths. Tried to match grain best I could.

stefang, Hickory is not hard to work with. Requires a sharp blade. I bought a new tablesaw blade, (diablo 80 tooth). harder than Oak but half the price per board foot.

Scott… 50 percent finished with the matching end tables

Thanks everyone again for the nice comments.

-- Steve

Gorgeous!!! Love the grain and no stain finsih.
Vicki

No stain, but I did leave it out in the sun for a few days…

-- Steve

Beautiful coffee table.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Very nice. Don’t let the wife see this one. She’s been after me for a while to make something like this.

-- Bud, NY, http://tpww.libsyn.com/

Nice work. My second home had several hickory trees so when I remodeled my kitchen I built the cabinets and drawers out of hickory with a cherry stain. It really came out nice. I like the look of it used for furniture with a clear finish. I still have sevral boards left over from the project and will be using it to build furniture.

-- Steve

really like that finish. I have coffee table in my living room of the same design made of oak and was considering hickory in the basement, now I know for sure!

-- Jeff, Fargo, ND