Cantilevered Display Table

very cool…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

great design & execution.

-- 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/

Interesting design, Harold. Thanks for the construction explanation!

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

I really like the design of this table. I am a huge fan of the cantilever effect. Well done.

-- Kaleo , http://www.kalafinefurniture.com

Awesome!
A beautiful piece of Art, & fine Craftsmanship.

-- -** 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

That is too cool Harold. Love the rock accent idea. Is that a volcano you live on :-)...?

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

Very unique table. Nice job. That’s thinking outside the box. (4 legs)

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

Ya it’s a volcano miles, but the good thing is when it’s cold, you can just go outside and lay on the warm rocks, day or night. We live at about 5000’ above sea level, so it gets down in the 30’s at night so I guess it’s a good thing, least that’s what I keep telling my wife.

-- If knowledge is not shared, it is forgotten.

Harold. Can you tap into it and get geothermal heat.

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

That is one of the most interesting tables I’ve ever seen. Very creative.

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

Nice one Harold. I actually like the glue joints on your laminations. How stable is this table, considering that it’s being supported on one tenon?

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

Wow! That is something you don’t see everyday. Very nice.

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

At first glance it looks like it would have to be unstable, but think of it as very short diving board. I didn’t mention above, but once I have fitted the piece, I dado a groove in the underside of the two lower legs and the back of the upright and epoxy in a length of 1/4” threaded rod in all three legs. From a function standpoint the wood becomes an “exposed” core for fiberglass legs, although the finished look doesn’t give that impression.

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Unique design, very nice table. mike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Harold, you come up with the most interesting designs. That is really a floating top!!! Just great.

-- Thos. Angle

I like that table. Very nicely done.

-- David, Charlotte NC (http://beechcreeknaturals.etsy.com)

That’s really cool. I love design like that.

Keep up the good work.

-- -- Rob Hix, King George, VA

Very delicate piece of work.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Creative approach to this great piece of woodworking. Just don’t let anyone sit on that beaut.

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

I like your concept, and the idea of reinforcing with fiberglass. Something that I had not considered using before. I will keep that one in mind, and when I need some reinforcement for a piece, maybe I can try that also.

good work,
Mark

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

Good design and details.

-- Jiri

Unbelievably chic. Words can attempt to pay your table a justifiable tribute, but I feel they’d fall a bit short; although there are those who’ve gathered here to bask in the glow of your great Artisanship (as he kneels).

-- Sometimes my wife wishes that she was a block of wood... ;-)

Very interseting design. Nice work.

very nice table

-- jeanmarc manosque france

Really nice, love it.

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

That is one of the most fasinating engineered designs I have ever seen. It looks weak but my experience tells me its very strong. I can’t see the connection where the upward curving piece penetrates the table top but if you carved a shoulder on it should be very very strong. The third picture looks like a different table its more rounded and has a dark band through the middle and a dark end cap on the tail end of the table support member. By the look of your table, it looks like you have formal construction background.

-- another tip from cooperedpatterns