Makore, wenge and maple table

That is a stunning table, Ellen. Congratulations on a fine build!

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Outstanding!

-- If you don't work, you don't eat!.....Garland, TX

Great looking table! Well done.

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

Looks amazing,the craftsmanship is beautiful along with the stunning solid wood ! Great job.

-- Rob,Gaithersburg,MD,One mans trash is another mans woodshop treasure !!

Ellen I really like the wood combination on this piece. Outstanding work…

-- Dan ~ Texarkana, Tx.

Exquisite!!!

That is beautiful Ellen! Your work is amazing.

-- Janice

Excellence and elegance to a T !
Just beautiful Ellen, that Makore is just fantastic and your craftswomanship is superb!
Thanks for posting and if you have any scraps of the Makore left and just don’t know what to do with them…................. well, you can send them my way !

-- Gene, Majestic Eagle Woodworks, http://majesticeagleww.etsy.com/, http://www.flickr.com/photos/majesticeagle/

You should be very happy with it, outstanding! A stopped saw is really scary, bandsawing it down first might be a good idea because Makore likes to move so much.

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Absolutely beautiful.
Go Ellen. You got skills.

Steve

-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Stunning, absolutely stunning! The maple looks like gold trim. The color contrast between woods is perfect. I have never worked with makore, but I know the table saw feeling when I used Jatoba for a end grain cutting board. I was wondering if you had a problem with your blades dulling faster working with makore due to the high silica content.

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Very beautiful!! Big project, good job!!

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

wow, what fantastic grain. very very nice table project. just awesome

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

The biggest issue we had with the makore, not that it was making our blades dull, but was closing in behind the saw blade thus causing the binding that stopped the blade. Our Delta table saw does not have a riving knife, so we started putting in a shim of bubinga to stop this from happening. Once we got a square side, we did rough the other side with the bandsaw closely then ripped the balance with the table saw.

We also used scrapers to get the top grain to really pop. A hand scraper is definitely my friend!

As usual, thanks for the feedback. I always love to hear from my fellow woodworkers.

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Just beautiful!

-- Chuck