Coffee table/Bench

Looks good !!

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

good lookin table—-the live edge gives it that extra pop.

-- dean2336,nebr.

Love the live edge and the inlay. What do you mean by a textured underside?

-- Homer : "Oh, and how is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain."

Very Nice! Hard to combine woods, that seems to work. A Picture of the bottom would be nice. Mortice and tenon? What are those inlaid pieces?

Lovely look. How did you attach the legs? I like this simplicity and beauty.

-- Caulk and paint are a poor carpenter's best friends

Well done on this beauty!

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

A very nice piece. It looks rather oriental.

-- ♫♪♪♫♫ Saddletramp, saddletramp, I'm as free as the breeze and I ride where I please, saddletramp ♪♪♪♫♪ ...... Bob W....NW Michigan (Traverse City area)

The legs are mortised into the top and the inlays are strips of 1/2 soft maple, i did this to prevent checks at the ends from growing and to keep the top somewhat stable as Quebec has very erratic weather/humidity changes. As for the textured underside i brushed it lightly with an angle grinder to add some interest. I thought that three key elements would make this table work and i am very happy with the result.
1, large live edge slab. top
2, textured underside.
3, simple contrasting legs.

Underside photo to come!!!!!!!!

I just don’t plane the underside of my slabs very well- gives a “textured” effect and saves me a bunch of work. LOL :)

-- Homer : "Oh, and how is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain."

Beautiful bench/table. I love the design. If you had a butterfly key in it you could call it a George Nagashima original.

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -