'fingerjoint'- coffee table

Sharp! I love the play of contrasting woods- really nice.

Great looking table. I love the concept.

Good use of scraps.

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

Hey Nate, I like your ‘scraps’.
Good looking table, and welcome to LJs.

Steve

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

I like it; very refreshing. That’s a lot more work than making a table from regular boards.

nice work nate !

Very cool table.

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

Great table. What brushing technique did you use on the aluminum? I had a similar issue with bloodwood bleeding on a chessboard I made. I ended up resanding and spraying the piece.

Nice work Nate. Were the Padauk and Maple glued end grain to end grain? if not, How?

-- Chris

that is super sweet!

Excellent idea!

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

tpastore, That’s exactly what I did, I had to resand and spray. Lesson learned. On the aluminum I just brushed it with steel wool.

Chris, Yes, the padauk and maple were glued end to end

Thanks

-- Nate, denver CO

Nice table Nate!

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

That’s awesome! Nice design and way to use scraps.

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I like it!

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

A great looking table. Is the Paduke loosing it’s orange color. Any special finish to keep the color?

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Great design and workmanship. Very original piece of furniture – I like it.

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

Very nice. Not so subtle design. It says “Look at me!”

-- Maplewood, MN

Original design. I like it.

-- Jiri

what an awesome design and it came out beautifully. Well done

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

Top notch Nate. Like this a lot.

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

Karson, I think the color has faded slightly, but hopefully it won’t fade too much. The top is a spray poly, which is not my favorite finish but I figured I would need a little more protection on a coffee table.

-- Nate, denver CO

You like to use aluminum like I use stainless steel.
I used to make my living working in a custom stainless shop before I decided to work with wood instead
What are you coating your aluinum with to stop it from oxidizing?
You have a very nice style

-- Ed Collinge- Edmonds, WA.

Thanks Ed, I usually use whatever finish is on the wood for the aluminum as well, in this case it was a spray poly. I haven’t had any problems with oxidization yet. How long does oxidization usually take? Is there an ideal finish for aluminum? I would like to see some of your Stainless steel work.

-- Nate, denver CO

Incredible work.

Very nice table. I like the technique.

-- I never started a project I couldn't screw up.