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Maple, ebony, & brushed stainless steel table

Project by William Leslie posted 803 days ago 752 views 4 times favorited 14 comments Add to Favorites Watch

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

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Don

2590 posts in 1071 days


posted 803 days ago

William, lovely table.

I think you need to downsize your pictures somewhat; they are cutting off the right side.

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

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MsDebbieP

14156 posts in 1055 days


posted 803 days ago

gorgeous!
Look at the shine in those legs…

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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CharlieM1958

7622 posts in 1112 days


posted 803 days ago

Highly unusual…great craftsmanship!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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mot

4901 posts in 930 days


posted 803 days ago

Nice! I really like it. It’s not cookie cutter, like I make. Very nice!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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Russel

2057 posts in 833 days


posted 802 days ago

Very impressive.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

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Brad_Nailor

1214 posts in 851 days


posted 802 days ago

Very nice. I like the choice of contrasting color materials! very original design. Great job!

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

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WayneS

34 posts in 825 days


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!

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Douglas Bordner

3421 posts in 958 days


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.

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William Leslie

15 posts in 803 days


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

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Karson

25792 posts in 1294 days


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 †

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dennis mitchell

3789 posts in 1208 days


posted 801 days ago

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trifern

7894 posts in 661 days


posted 528 days ago

Great details and selection/combination of materials.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

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Jerome Hoffman

6 posts in 183 days


posted 110 days ago

WOW! I like it. Great job.

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a1Jim

16769 posts in 471 days


posted 110 days ago

unique design and good build

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

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