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Project by schroeder posted 819 days ago 1571 views 16 times favorited 29 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Black Walnut table based roughly on a design by Rex Alexander. Top is 1 3/4” x 45” x 97” Cronk & I built this for friends. The finish is 3 coats sealer, 6 coats poly and wax. Cronk (my partner in the shop) cut the walnut for this table some 20 odd years ago. It was originally cut as a full 4”, which ultimately let it dry slowly and allowed us to use some pretty nasty wood for the top. Lotsa knots, we think the wood is beautiful and we just try not to screw it up!

Schroeder




-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe


29 comments so far

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Thos. Angle

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posted 819 days ago

Congratuations!! It came out as good as it promised in the beginning, maybe even better. Great work guys.

-- Thos. Angle

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lclashley

243 posts in 993 days


posted 819 days ago

Looks Great!!! Your works is truly awesome. I would love to know how you attached the breadboards. I’ve seen plans for a coffee table with a similar breadboard design that used screws and wooden plugs set into the tenons of the tabletop to allow for the screws to bit into long grain.

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DAN

6402 posts in 862 days


posted 819 days ago

great table, walnut is beautiful … bet it was a challenge to make

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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MattD

126 posts in 823 days


posted 819 days ago

Nice work! That is some beautful gnarly grain in there and I like the streaks of sapwood. Looks great.

-- Matt - Syracuse, NY

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pedrorc

69 posts in 836 days


posted 819 days ago

Fantastic wood color, nice job

-- Pedro Rodrigues da Costa, Sintra, Portugal

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Gail

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posted 819 days ago

I love the wood as well as the color – the design is a classic – great work!

-- Gail, http://www.hometownwoodworking.com

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Greg Mitchell

1383 posts in 948 days


posted 819 days ago

Beautiful table! Great job.

-- Greg Mitchell--Lowell, AR--gdamitchell@sbcglobal.net

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silentwalnut

16 posts in 821 days


posted 819 days ago

ah walnut ! that is so beautiful !

-- .: silent walnut :.

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scottb

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posted 819 days ago

Ah yes, just another fine example that walnut works so perectly in the Arts and Crafts (etc) styles.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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Bob Babcock

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posted 819 days ago

Wow….what a strong statement that table makes! Beautiful.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

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Don

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posted 818 days ago

Very nice, Schroeder. You are an extraordinary table maker. Walnut is not a wood readily available here, so I really like to view project that have been made with it – such a beautiful wood.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

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jembo

105 posts in 892 days


posted 818 days ago

Wow really nice, I really like that table. Like Don I do’nt have access to alot of woods like that (also not equiped yet). I have four small logs of walnut that I plan to use as pegs and trim in some Green and Green pieces. I just did some ebonizing tst this weekend and the color is amazing.

-- James - Geneva, Switzerland

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snowdog

806 posts in 861 days


posted 818 days ago

I think it would look a lot better in my living room :)

Where would the best place be to find plans for something like this, I am not good enough yet to build it by eye and it really looks great. It is the table top that would stump me.

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

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TomFran

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posted 818 days ago

That’s a solid looking table! How many NFL middle linebackers does it take to move it?

Nice work. Beautiful table.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

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schroeder

508 posts in 1004 days


posted 813 days ago

Thanks all! – it was a fun and heavy project! – Iclashley, I use the method your describing for attaching breadboards – I bloged the process for this table ( or look up Kevin Rodel on the Fine Woodworking site). Snowdog – The “general” dimensions and design came from an article by Rex Alexander in the publication “In the Craftsman Style”. Another good source for tables (though difficult to find) is “Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking” – gives the ins and outs of dimensioning. Dan – it really isn’t complex to make this table, just a little on the cumbersome & heavy side.

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

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Karson

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posted 813 days ago

Schroeder: that is one great looking table. A beautiful job. Cronks walnut supply must be something else.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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schroeder

508 posts in 1004 days


posted 813 days ago

Thanks Karson – yup, he’s been cutting for 25+ years. It’s nice to have mutual friends that we can build for.

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

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Dorje

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posted 813 days ago

Schroeder- What an amazing finished piece! And, thanks for the walk around tour of the table! What do you estimate its finished weight is?

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

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oscorner

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posted 812 days ago

Very very nice!

-- Jesus is Lord!

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Jeff

996 posts in 972 days


posted 812 days ago

Just gorgeous. The top is very engaging. Sort of like looking at a campfire.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

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schroeder

508 posts in 1004 days


posted 811 days ago

Thanks Os & Caliper – never really thought of it like looking at a fire, but lord knows Cronk & I never get tired of looking at the figure in walnut. Dorje, thanks!, I think all in all it probably weighs in at 325 lbs or so.

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

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Jeff

996 posts in 972 days


posted 811 days ago

I re-read my post… Didn’t mean for it to sound negative or odd. I just meant, like you said, I could look at it for a long time. It seems very mesmerizing – like a campfire. Thanks for sharing.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

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WayneS

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posted 809 days ago

Awesome table! If I can get half that good, I will be thrilled.

-- Wayne - Newbie looking to learn!

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Andy

562 posts in 787 days


posted 779 days ago

Absolutely stunning piece! Great design and details. This should never have a table cloth on it.

-- " If I can make it,so can you" Andy in Oregon

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Dusty56

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posted 410 days ago

Absolutely gorgeous table !!!

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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lew

4413 posts in 634 days


posted 284 days ago

Stunning Table!

Good Luck in the contest.

Lew

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Rob

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posted 279 days ago

That’s a GREAT looking table. I’ve resigned myself while on this website to comment on projects that I see that make me verbally say “oh wow! NICE!”

The table you’ve created, sir, is definitely in that category! I love the finish and dark wood, excellent!

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Beginningwoodworker

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posted 134 days ago

Beautiful Table.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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a1Jim

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posted 134 days ago

outstanding

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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