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This is a burl table made from a local Thailand tree called padoo. I was at a one man sawmill to get some padoo milled and this burl was offered to me free. The blond ring carries all the way up the tree and makes for some very unique patterns. The wood is definitely a hardwood and it took many hours of belt sanding starting with #36 grit and ending up with some #400 on the pad sander.
The base was cut from a dead stump next to a creek and am not sure what it is. It took lots of water to wash out the decades of sand and then was wire brushed extensively to remove the oxidation.
The top has about 10 coats of hand rubbed wax while the base was sprayed with several coats of clear lacquer. The whole thing was topped off with a custom cut plate 5/8 glass top. All told it was a 1.5 month project at a cost of about $75. I had hopped to get the base to come out with red tones as the wood had a deep chocolate red patina but it wanted to go dark with the lacquer so became Caramel on Liquorice.
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DAN
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posted 56 days ago
really unique project posting … you do nice work
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diggrduggr
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posted 56 days ago
Thanks Dan, it was either create a table or do a painting and no matter how hard I tried my stick men just didn’t look right so the table won out.
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GaryK
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posted 56 days ago
That is a great table. Great job on fitting the glass to it’s shape.
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rikkor
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posted 56 days ago
That is a stunner. I have to believe it is the topic of conversation when people walk into the room.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 56 days ago
This is a very unique and interesting project. And the price is right as well. I am sure that it is the focal point of the room.
Thanks for sharing.
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teenagewoodworker
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posted 56 days ago
wow thats very original. i think it looks great. great job. thats very nice wood too.
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cajunpen
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posted 56 days ago
Beautiful looking table. Well done – bet there isn’t another of these sitting around anywhere. Very original work.
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diggrduggr
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posted 55 days ago
Thanks for all the compliments, gives me incentive to do more.
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hap
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posted 53 days ago
awesome
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