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Using up some of the "scrap" from the sawmill shed

Project by Daren Nelson posted 727 days ago 1000 views 4 times favorited 24 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I took some “during” pictures of this little table made from a busted honeylocust crotch and a little walnut. I just doweled/glued the base to the top.

table

Simple but sturdy lap joints on the stretcher/legs.

table2

A little closer look at the butterflies. A few coats of Tung oil and it is done.

table3

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/


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Karson

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posted 727 days ago

How is the top attached to the legs.

A great job. Looks nice.

-- 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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SPalm

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posted 727 days ago

Sweet. I love the butterfly trestle echoing the butterfly splices. Clever.

Steve

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

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CharlieM1958

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posted 727 days ago

Very neat design. Steve took the words right out of my mouth about the trestle.

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

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cajunpen

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posted 727 days ago

Really creative and functional project. Well done.

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

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MsDebbieP

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posted 727 days ago

dang this is amazing

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

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RobS

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posted 727 days ago

Nice display of scaps! Awesome job.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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Chip

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posted 727 days ago

I love this sort of thing. The bowties are such a great way to save a beautiful piece of wood. Not only save it but enhance it. Wonderful job Daren.

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

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Daren Nelson

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posted 727 days ago

I originally made the whole base out of honeylocust on the “dry fit”. But when you looked through big crack you saw the same colored wood, not at dramatic as seeing black, so I made that part out of walnut. And as I was making it, it dawned on me since the butterflies where walnut I should make it in the same shape. Kind of an as I went along project really. I wanted it to look simple. The legs are tapered to mimic 1/2 butterflies.

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

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YorkshireStewart

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posted 727 days ago

This is ‘right up my street’. I like it a lot. With that uncomplicated leg configuration, any movement of the top will I suppose be equalled by that of the legs. clever!

-- Res severa verum gaudium - True pleasure is a serious business. http://www.folksy.com/shops/TreeGems

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mrtrim

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posted 727 days ago

nice lookin “scrap table ” ! scrap is just wood that no one has figured out how to assemble yet

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Brad_Nailor

1214 posts in 851 days


posted 727 days ago

Cool design! Thats a very original looking piece. Great job..but it does look a little “tippy”

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

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Daren Nelson

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posted 727 days ago

”but it does look a little “tippy””…it is some if you go and shake it back and forth (which I did in the shop), but in real life/use I don’t think it will be a problem. I even sat on it like a stool and it felt good, not unstable. But your are right in a house full of kids I would not want an expensive vase on it, I don’t have kids…or expensive vases ;).

-- Urban logger, http://nelsonwoodworks.biz/

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Dorje

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posted 727 days ago

Good lookin’ table Daren…

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

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Dadoo

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posted 727 days ago

Now you need to get an expensive vase to compliment this outstanding table!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

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TomFran

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posted 727 days ago

Very nice!

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

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Greg Mitchell

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posted 727 days ago

Great job on the table Daren!

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

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Paul

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posted 727 days ago

just great!

-- Paul, Texas

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Blake

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posted 727 days ago

Beautiful wood! Great design. “Deliberately Impromptu.”

Wait, THOSE ARE YOUR SCRAPS?!! What’s wrong with this picture?

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Douglas Bordner

3421 posts in 958 days


posted 727 days ago

Beautiful and thoughtful design. Love it. Also what Steve said.

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

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miles125

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posted 727 days ago

Very unique Darren!

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

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Mark A. DeCou

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posted 712 days ago

I really like this piece. Now, I have to see what else you’ve done.

Mark

-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com

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rikkor

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posted 712 days ago

I agree with the others who say there is no “scrap” wood, it just hasn’t found its use yet. The wood in this example has found its purpose.

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scottb

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posted 702 days ago

Nice design and execution. The base fits the top perfectly. Good call on the walnut for the base.

-- 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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Dusty56

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posted 287 days ago

As much as I like the design , I would be constantly concerned about it falling over. What are the dimensions ?

-- 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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