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Not too long ago, Bell Forest Products had a sale on African Mahogany, and since I had never used it before, I bought a 20 bdft project pack. When it was delivered, I opened the box and was quite impressed.
Of course, so was the Mrs. who decided that she wanted a bedroom set made from it. Fortunately, 20 bdft does not a bedroom make (ducked that one). But it was beautiful wood so I added to my stash.
I just happened to put it next to some Curly Maple that I got from fellow LJ Barlow. And, boy did THAT look good. At that moment I decided that the two would be a table top. So, I made a table top. The only thing left to do was to build something to hold it up.
I thought that any more Curly Maple would be too much and I wasn’t sure that anything other than the mahogany would look right. The Mrs. thought the trestle would look nice and why would I argue with good taste? Thus, a small trestle base from African Mahogany.
The top is 16×30 and the table stands 18 inches tall. It’s finished with wipe-on poly. It’s a rather small coffee table, but we have a rather small house so it fits quite nicely.
The African Mahogany and Curly Maple look really good together and I have to thank Lumber Jocks for that. Without seeing all the projects here and being introduced to the variety of lumber, I would be limited to what I could buy at home depot.
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22 comments so far
cstrang
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posted 23 days ago
Nice work
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Kindlingmaker
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posted 23 days ago
A beautiful table and your craftsmanship shows well!
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degoose
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posted 23 days ago
A true Artisan.
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Pdub
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posted 23 days ago
Beautiful table. The two woods look great together.
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a1Jim
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posted 23 days ago
Great Job Russell beautiful piece and wonderful wood.
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hasbeen99
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posted 23 days ago
Wow, that’s absolutely gorgeous. Excellent, excellent work!
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webwood
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posted 23 days ago
very nice russell – maple is so awesome in contrasting situations
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Beginningwoodworker
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posted 23 days ago
Beautiful coffee table, Russel.
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DaddyT
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posted 23 days ago
Man that is beautiful !!
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Russel
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posted 23 days ago
Thank you one and all for the kind words. LumberJocks has taught me more than I knew there was to know.
-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.
patron
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posted 23 days ago
beautiful ,
well balanced
and a great combination .
looks very nice .
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woodworm
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posted 22 days ago
Very beautiful. Great build!
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jack1
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posted 22 days ago
How did you attach the field (maple) to the frame? It’s nice for newbies (and oldbies like myself) to see how things are put together. I think it would be a good deal for all of us to show some of that.
-- jack -- measure once, curse twice!
Julian
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posted 22 days ago
Looks great. I built my daughters bedroom set out of that same combo. They go great together!
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grizzman
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posted 22 days ago
ah man russel that is a beautiful table, when the web page first loaded i saw this table and it caught my eye right off….you did a grand job…it must be sittin pretty in your living room…thanks for showing your great talent…look forward to the next…
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dhg
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posted 22 days ago
A very nice looking table Russel. Good job. The woods go great together. I like working with the A.M.
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Ben
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posted 21 days ago
Perfect in every way. That is truly fine craftsmanship. You have definitely created an heirloom.
GaryBuck
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posted 19 days ago
I don’t know what everybody is going on about,,, I think it looks terible, I can’t think of anything to do with that but use it for the wood burner so I’ll take it off your hands and dispose of it for ya. Hee Hee. O.K. before I get my butt kicked I’m just joking around. What can I truthfully say about this,,,, WOW Beautiful wood, beautiful contrast of wood, beautiful craftsmanship, beautiful table, as Bruce almighty sez in the movie BE-A-U-TIFUL, fine job there bud, thanks for sharing, now I got to put my socks back on. L.O.L.
jack1
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posted 14 days ago
I see you like the trestle form. Very nice.
-- jack -- measure once, curse twice!
Russel
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posted 14 days ago
Jack, the trestle was the Mrs idea. I think it turned out really well. The top is simply a glued up panel, and thinking about it now I’ll probably do it different in the future.
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Zuki
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posted 7 days ago
Your work gets better and better Russel.
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Russel
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posted 7 days ago
Thanks Zuki.
-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.