Curly Maple Hall Table

Breathtaking RJ, this looks awesome.

-- Grant...."GO BUCKEYES"

RJ: That is a beautiful table the colors and grain figure are great.

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

Holy Moly! Now that’s a piece of furniture! Most impressive!

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

Really great design, love that Maple

-- Thos. Angle

RJ, this is a GREAT piece! All your details come out nicely.

Thanks for the kind words guys! I think anything with a decent finish and some figure can’t be bad:) Not to mention I just love the way Walnut can accent Maple:) I’ll have many more pics with the plans as I was running out of time tonight:(

Thanks again,
RJ

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Nice…very nice!

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Incredible piece of furniture. I’d love to know what it would retail for in a fine furniture store. Beautiful and well executed. I’ll be looking for the plans on your site.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Fantastic. I love the way you used the grain to develop the veins of the leaves. It shows that was a rewarding part of the project. Can’t wait for the plans.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

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-- DocK, WV

Stunning. I see many hours of work here to create a piece that everyone who sees will gawk at. . I know maple can be such a hard wood to get a good finish on, how did you get it to come out with no bloches? You have some great talent. Yes Caliper, can’t wait for the plans.

-- DocK, WV

Nice job, I see a lot of care and attention to detail paid off by producing a stunning one of a kind work of art.

-- Sell it here> http://woodworkerslist.com

Very beautiful table! Well designed, perfect chioce of woods, and immpeccable workmamship.

Who could ask for more?

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Great job and wonderful craftsmanship. I really like the combination of the woods you used. A table to last for generations…

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

Beautiful table and great photography! What is your camera/flash setup?

Absolutely fantastic! Stunning craftsmanship RJ.

More and more, I’m humbled and astonished at the skills level of the LumberJocks.

-- Jojo, shopless in Kyoto · http://twitter.com/kagushokunin

What a lovely piece of work, I’m just about to go check your other projects.

-- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso

Holy cow!! I don’t really know what to say… Again thanks for the kind words:) After many long hours, and some re-do’s here and there it’s great to have all this support!

Dennis, Thank you!
Cajunpen, I am not sure how much it might go for but I am sure it would go twice as fast:)
Caliper, the grain direction is just a little something I learned in Marc’s class;
Dock16, I am not sure on not getting the blotches but I think that may have more to do with Soft Maple than Hard Maple then again maybe it was the Seal r cell / Arm r seal process??
Lee, Please don’t magnify the photos, LOL!!!!!
Max, I really hate to stain anything so I typically try hard to use different woods to color my projects. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. Must have got lucky this time;)
Muzhik: the photography is another hobby in progress so yeah after about 100 pics I am bound to get lucky:) It’s actually my wifes Canon Power Shot S3 IS and ya know I goofed around with so many settings I can’t even tell ya unless I went into photoshop. Funny what seemed to work the best was no flash and 2 el cheapo clamp lights from walmart, LOL and I think for at least one of those shots I held one light and my wife the other, hehehehe oh well it seemed to work.
Jojo, I use to race atvs for awhile and it’s a well known fact that to become faster you must ride with faster racers. Woodworking is no different:) You are in good company here, stick around this site and your skills will flourish:)
Damian, Careful but most of my other stuff isn’t near what this is:( Unfortunately I don’t get a chance to build a lot of this stuff, due to commissions so… I need to win the lottery so I can just build what I want to!!!!

Thanks again!
RJ

If I get some extra time tomorrow I’ll see if I can’t get some extra pics up:)

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RJ -

Just wanted to add my add my applause. What a stunning piece!!! Workmanship . . . design . . . wood selection . . . execution – it’s all there. Certainly one of my favorites.

-- Bob

RJ, you did well!

I think that this is amongst the finest tables I’ve seen posted here. Everything works, the design, the choice of wood, the inlay, the finish and of course, the craftsmanship.

My daughter wants me to make her a table for her hallway. This is perfect and I look forward to your plans for this one.

thanks for your generosity in sharing this masterpiece.

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

Whew! What a beauty!

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

perfection.
Are you sure you didn’t just glue a real leaf into the table???

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

Absolutly beautiful table. I love the inlay

-- Spread love with our work

RJ,

Excellent table! This is really a piece of fine woodworking.

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

It’s pretty much all said above.

This piece REALLY knocks my socks off!!!!!

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

If you guys don’t stop my head is never going to fit through the door!! LOL Thanks again and BTW the Maple Leaf stickers can be found at mapleleafstickers.com Thanks Ms Deb now everyone knows my secret:(

Here’s a better pic of the beading, half blind dt’s and a small portion of the slide dado

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a bloodwood maple leaf inlay sticker
cool

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

“a bloodwood maple leaf inlay sticker
cool” Now that’s just dang funny!!!

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BEAUTIFUL!

WOW! This is super! Love it!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Stunning, clean, an heirloom to be sure. Great work!

-- Dan in Central Oklahoma, Able to turn good wood into saw dust in the blink of an eye!

Beautiful table!

-- Krisztian VA My website: www.vacarpentry.com

Gorgeous table and a nice display of fine craftsmanship. The bloodwood leaf is really neat!

Corey

-- http://woodshop51503.tripod.com/index.html

Outstanding table. Love it.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

I just hope it works as well as it looks!!! So far momma has it covered in “stuff” but as long as she doesn’t cover the leaf there will be no beatings, LOL

Thanks again guys!
RJ

I guess the bad part about doing something like this is what I am going to do for my next trick:(

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Can’t come up with any kudos that haven’t already been bestowed so I’ll just say I agree with all of the above that this piece is just wonderfully designed and the craftsmanship is outstanding. Can’t wait to see more (not to put any preasure on you or anything ;-).

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

Dido, very very nice. That leaf is just awesome, maybe someday I’ll have the courage to attempt something so graceful.

-- Doug, Cass City, Michigan

oops looks like I am hogging the info:( Sorry, here’s a link to a tutorial The Wood Whisperer did on free hand router inlay

Inlay linky

It’s an awesome article that I highly recommend for those interested in doing inlay. As you will see it’s really pretty easy not to mention the options that will open up with regard to your designs:)

njoy
RJ

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This is one of my favorite pieces on the site. I love it. It is so classy!

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Wow thanks man!

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Holy Smokes! Saw this come up in roll the dice. Every detail is impeccable. This is first class and so beautiful.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

With any luck the plans will be availible for the next LJ Emag:)

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Awesome table!

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

I know I’m a bit late, but WOW!
My wife is asking for just such a table for our foyer!
If you don’t mind, I’d like to use your design as a starting point!
Just perfect! Thanks for posting.

-- Blessings, Steve. Upstate NY. http://www.campingclassics.com

Sure Steve have at it, I would love to see what you come up with!!

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Really high quality work. I like the wood contrast and the inlay!

-- Roger - Havertown, Pennsylvania

Beautiful table. I am glad it came out of the archives so I could see it.

RJ,

That is an outstanding piece! Excellent Job!

John

-- John -- Racine, WI -- Woodworking..."It's not just a Hobby, it's an Adventure"

Thanks again for all the kind words!!

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Just had to add this beautiful work to my favorites! Thanks for the inspiration.

-- Cedrus of British Columbia

Cedrus,
Glad I could be of some inspiration:)

Thanks,
RJ

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splendid work a very beautiful design

-- jeanmarc manosque france

Thanks Jeanmarc!

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now this is simply perfect…’nuf said !!

-- 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 .

This is a nice table. I love the leaf. Well done!

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

Thanks, I have to admit that the leaf is my favorite part of the table:)

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Beautiful table. I hope to makes something that nice some day.

GORGEOUS, JUST GORGEOUS!! This one is going to my favorites!! RJ, tell me how you get that fabulous sheen with Armor Seal!!!!

-- Matt, Houston Texas

Matt,
Good eye!! So here’s the deal if I have to brush it or wipe it most times I am not happy with the end result! However, if I can find a way to spray something then…. So what I did, against reccomendations on the can is thin it 50% with Naptha and basically just mist it with 2-3 coats to hide any streaks I may have left from wiping. Now it didn’t look bad after wiping but it surely looked better after spraying!

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What a beautiful table. Being Canadian, I really appreciate the maple leaf design.

-- Christina, British Columbia, Canada http://www.woodturnersupply.wordpress.com

Wow… beautiful table…...very nicely done

-- Todd, Oak Ridge, TN, Hello my name is Todd and I'm a Toolholic, I bought my last tool 10 days, no 4 days, oh heck I bought a tool on the way here! †

mighty fine!

Beautiful

It’s been a long time since you posted this but it still deserves a “great Job”

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon