| Project by William Leslie | posted 803 days ago | 752 views | 4 times favorited | 14 comments |  |
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I made and designed this piece for some good friends of mine that just finished building a modern 6 story home looking over Seattle’s lake Union. I chose to use maple as the primary wood in order to match the maple butcher block counter tops in their kitchen and ebonized maple legs & arched aprons, ebony splines, & ebony inlays to match their black leather furniture in the adjacent living room. My grateful friends are now enjoying their table in their 4th floor dining room while watching the seaplanes land on the lake. (He purchased the chairs in his own.)
Furniture type: table
Wood: Maple, Ebony, & Ebonized Maple
Other materials: Brushed Stainless Steel
Finish:Tung oil, linseed oil, & urethane (ARM-R-Seal & SEAL-A-CELL)
Approx. hours to complete:250
Dimensions: (Depth x Width x Height): 64×64x32
Designed using Google’s Sketchup
-- William woodworker/software development manager
14 comments so far
Don
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posted 803 days ago
William, lovely table.
I think you need to downsize your pictures somewhat; they are cutting off the right side.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 803 days ago
gorgeous!
Look at the shine in those legs…
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CharlieM1958
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posted 803 days ago
Highly unusual…great craftsmanship!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
mot
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Nice! I really like it. It’s not cookie cutter, like I make. Very nice!
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Russel
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posted 802 days ago
Very impressive.
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Brad_Nailor
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posted 802 days ago
Very nice. I like the choice of contrasting color materials! very original design. Great job!
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WayneS
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posted 802 days ago
Love it! Great use of different mediums. I’m sure they love it, it not I can give you my address for shipping.
-- Wayne - Newbie looking to learn!
Douglas Bordner
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posted 802 days ago
Like the clean, contemporary design, choice of woods, and am bowled over by the miter shaping and inlay around the stainless panel. Really exemplary.
Don, is that you? Didn’t recognize you at first!
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
William Leslie
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posted 801 days ago
Thanks so much for all of the nice comments everyone! This was probably one of my most ambitious projects yet.
-- William woodworker/software development manager
Karson
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posted 801 days ago
Great Job William. a very nice outcome to a challenging project.
-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †
dennis mitchell
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posted 801 days ago
cool
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trifern
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posted 528 days ago
Great details and selection/combination of materials.
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Jerome Hoffman
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posted 110 days ago
WOW! I like it. Great job.
a1Jim
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posted 110 days ago
unique design and good build
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