Drop leaf table made from Mahogany

What a beautiful table. Very nice craftsmanship. I really like the drop leaf hinge, quite unique.

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

I am just beginning my experiments with wooden hinges. These dropleaf hinges blow my mind. Great work.

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Spiffy hinge work. A little distinctive to a really nice table.

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

Again, the smoothness, the flow and the tree. Just great work, Scott. I really appreciate your attention to detail and finish.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Love the wooden hinge! Is the hinge pinned with wood as well or brass bar stock, etc..?

-- Chris

another gem from you.

-- Mark DeCou - Kansas Flint Hill's Artisan

As with all your work, very organic looing, but with amazing attention to detail. Wonderful!

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

Nice piece! Very well photographed as well.

-- Kevin -- (http://www.furniturebykevin.com)

I love those wooden hinges, very well done. Spectacular!

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Wow. Really nice!

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

The wooden hinges are a very powerful statement in an otherwise understated
table, I like the ‘contrast’ very much. Great design!

I will make a point to not show this one to my wife, should she get the idea in her
head that I could make one even half as nice for her. Beautiful.

-- Still learning everything

That is so cool! I have never seen that done before. How close is it to the Maloof original?

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Great Job! Nice flowing design.

Gary

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

the hinge looks … almost not real, it is so perfect, so smooth….
gorgeous

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I think that the table is beautiful, from design to finish. Of course, like everyone else, I think that the hinged drop leaf are the focal point of the piece. They look a lot like the type of hinge made by Rob Cosman in his boxes. You seem to have accomplished what most of us working toward – perfection in your craft.

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

Thanks for all the kind words.
Chris-there is a 3/8 steal rod thru the hinges and plugged at the ends.The hardest part on the hinges is makeing sure all the holes are drilled accurate and that you glue it up right were everything lines up.
Blake- the hinge design is definitly straight from Maloof I can’t take credit for that.The legs are similiar to some thing he does I just kind of put my own spin on it

-- Scott NM,http://www.shangrilawoodworks.com

Well Scott, you definitely got my attention now!
Really pretty. I want to do it!

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Just beautiful Scott.

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

Beautiful, when I see work like this I know I still have a lot to learn. A real attention getter!

-- Marty Ohio

Really like your designs. This is a nice table. I tried working with a client to build a drop leaf with wooden hinge joint, but I couldn’t get the guy to orient the grain in the right direction. He wanted the hinge along the side grain, which I couldn’t convince him was a really weak joint. You did it right. Maybe one of these days I’ll get into the mesquite furniture. I should I have a yard full of trees, dropping limbs and giving me flats on my lawn mower.
Keep up the nice work.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

This is great work. I love the design. Sometimes woodworkers do what I call gimmicky work.. Too many cool things become too much to look at. These hinges are the perfect balance for what looks like a craftsman’s work!

-- making sawdust....

Beautiful. It’s been said, but not enough

-- Jason, AL

extraordinary

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