Walnut and Cherry Coffee Table

The table looks great. Nice choice of woods, they complemnt eachorther well.

-- Anthony

Really nice work. What did it fetch at the auction?

-- HenryH - PA

Beautiful!! Great job.

-- Jack, Albuquerque

very talented woodworking ! Looked at your projects and see you like to keep yourself entertained.
Regards
DAN

-- keeping myself entertained

The wood selection looks great! beautyful! table.

Nice craftsmanship. What did you do for the finish? The grain looks great.

Awesome. Glad to see you didn’t use any rails on sides.

-- Router è ancora il mio nome.

I really like the inverted taper. You pulled it off really well.

-- Make furniture that lasts as long as the tree - Ryan

There are so many thing I like about this! The tops wood, the inlay, the reverse taper on the legs. man you hit this our of the park! Great job!!!!

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

Absolutely breath taking!

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

Very nice all the way around. Great job.

-- Dan I.G.N.

Thanks for the compliments everyone, but most of the credit goes to the original designer for figuring out the proportions and the idea for the reverse tapered legs. The finish is four coats of Tung oil varnish topped off by a couple of coats of paste wax. As far as finishes go, I find this to be a pretty fool-proof way to an attractive, fairly durable finish. It’s just a little labor intensive, as most finishing is.

At auction it fetched $250. That’s probably a little more than the materials are worth, but this fundraiser auction isn’t used to having furniture, so I expected it wouldn’t bring a whole lot. I’m actually glad it brought as much as it did. Besides, I can still write off the full estimated value on my taxes since I donated it to a Catholic school!