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

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Daren Nelson

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nakashima honeylocust crotch

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Using up some of the "scrap" from the sawmill shed Using up some of the "scrap" from the sawmill shed Using up some of the "scrap" from the sawmill shed Click the pictures to enlarge them

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

12901 posts in 885 days


posted 318 days ago

How is the top attached to the legs.

A great job. Looks nice.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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SPalm

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posted 318 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

4191 posts in 703 days


posted 318 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 318 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 317 days ago

dang this is amazing

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

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RobS

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posted 317 days ago

Nice display of scaps! Awesome job.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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Chip

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posted 317 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

332 posts in 390 days


posted 317 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

637 posts in 385 days


posted 317 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.

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mrtrim

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posted 317 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

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posted 317 days ago

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

-- Women love me.....trees fear me

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Daren Nelson

332 posts in 390 days


posted 317 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

1745 posts in 481 days


posted 317 days ago

Good lookin’ table Daren…

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

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Dadoo

1536 posts in 475 days


posted 317 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

2360 posts in 478 days


posted 317 days ago

Very nice!

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

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Greg Mitchell

1377 posts in 553 days


posted 317 days ago

Great job on the table Daren!

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

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Paul

588 posts in 577 days


posted 317 days ago

just great!

-- Paul, Texas

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Blake

2016 posts in 359 days


posted 317 days ago

Beautiful wood! Great design. “Deliberately Impromptu.”

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

-- Check out my new website! http://www.theeasellife.com

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Douglas Bordner

2553 posts in 548 days


posted 317 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

920 posts in 490 days


posted 317 days ago

Very unique Darren!

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

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Mark A. DeCou

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posted 302 days ago

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

Mark

-- Mark DeCou - Kansas Flint Hill's Artisan

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rikkor

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posted 302 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.

-- Maplewood, MN

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scottb

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posted 292 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. - Vincent Van Gogh -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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