Walnut and Steel Coffee Table

Really like it! I’m a fan of “industrial” type of look with the steel and wood. Great work!

very nice.thats a beautiful table!!!!!

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That’s a unique design with the black ply backing. Filling the center space with epoxy and your stones/beads would be interesting but too late for this one. But I like it just as it is. The loose aggregate will probably lokk neat. I’d have to worry about my granddaughters eating it though!

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i like it!

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Solid and sturdy, for sure, yet beautiful and graceful at the same time…an intriguing combinations of materials. Keep us posted on any additions to the void, bei it aggregate, wooden beads, or something else.

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Wow!! really nice looking. Did you leave any gaps at the edges to allow for movement? Any specific surface preparation for the steel especially at the weld locations

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This is really beautiful. Great job on the design and execution.

Lee

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nice looking table

Excellent work, this is a very attractive piece. I’d be inclined to fill the center void with mixed nuts to snack on.

If you’re looking for something more permanent, loose ball bearings would make for a neat finish when epoxied. Relatively inexpensive, and consistent in terms of materials.

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vakman,

I like your ball bearing idea, and will have to keep that in-mind for the future!

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Thanks for the comments, all.

@indianwoodchipper – I left about a 16th all the way around. I didn’t do anything special to the corners; the wooden insert is rounded over on the inside edges to make it easier to drop in and to account for the very small radius on the inside corners of the steel.

Re: the loose aggregate – I originally wanted to use some crushed sea shell that I have that loose like a really coarse sand, and then add some small stones in keeping with the dry riverbed theme. However, I’m concerned that one of my wife’s cats might use it as a litterbox if I go that route. So I’m still going to use small stones or maybe tumbled chunks of sea glass, but I’ll keep it a bit larger then the litter they are used to.

Use whatever loose aggregate you want and fill over it with epoxy resin. A bar here has sand and shells under epoxy on the bar top. No worries about cats! haha

I missed the questing about surface prep. I used a darkening patina from Sculpt Nouveau (http://www.sculptnouveau.com/Details.cfm?ProdID=34&category=6) before I lacquered it. The nice thing about that product is that you really don’t need to do any prep. It colors the welds, miscolorings, etc. to be exactly the same.

Wow! Nice combination of materials. This looks like a natural match. Well done!

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Wow, Great table. I like the look.

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