Communion Table from Salvaged Wood

A great job salvaging some beautifully aged white oak. Very distinctive charachter. Your friend obviously knows your talent.

My design on a similar request http://lumberjocks.com/projects/5006

-- DocK, WV

Nice job with some great old wood!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Beautiful job.

Wormy wood is often the most expensive and highly sought after (so long as the bugs are gone)

-- http://www.furnituremann.ca/

He was going to throw away the panels. He has been remodeling his church and I was there one day for a visit, and I noticed them in a pile that was headed for the garbage. He still has the pulpit that was made to match the organ, so I told him we could make a communion table to match the pulpit. He thought I was kidding.

Thanks for the kind comments,
John

-- John -- Racine, WI -- Woodworking..."It's not just a Hobby, it's an Adventure"

For salvaged wood, that QSWO is really attractive.

That is some seriously beautiful wood and workmanship.
You can’t beat that old wood with plenty of character with a
stick.

That would make a great buffet/side board as well.

-- Still learning everything

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. I’m convinced that salvaged wood is the best wood – I just built a piano bench from an old upright piano that was headed for landfill – I’ll post pictures in the next week or so. Nice job, John.

-- "No Board Left Behind"

Thanks to all for your very kind comments. And thanks for looking!

John

-- John -- Racine, WI -- Woodworking..."It's not just a Hobby, it's an Adventure"

Wow! You did a great job with some fantastic oak. Hard to find QSWO with that much figure anymore.

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Great job John, it looks great….way to save those great old boards.

-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA

Beautiful work John.

A resurrection for sure…......................

Greg

Beautiful wood and nice project. It is nice to see wood of that quality have another use. and a great use at that.

-- Hope Never fails

This is a seriously nice communion table. I like that you are keeping the wood alive for another generation.

Very nice work John and great use of reclaimed wood.

-- John in Belgrave ,(Slideshow http://cid-69bce320c6d8b119.spaces.live.com/ (Website) http://www.extremebirdhouse.com

I’m guessing at quartersawn white oak. Is that right?

A great way to celebrate & remember the Body and Blood that was given. I did a Communion Table a few years back, and the publicity I got told me it was time to quit my day job again. Did you catch that “again.”

good work, thanks for sharing,
Mark

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

Hi Mark,

Yes, QSWO.

Thanks for the kind words!

-- John -- Racine, WI -- Woodworking..."It's not just a Hobby, it's an Adventure"

Beautiful wood and nice project.

-- jeanmarc manosque france