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Walnut Coffee Table

Project by Woodhacker posted 562 days ago 835 views 5 times favorited 10 comments Add to Favorites Watch

This is a “coffee” table I made for my nephew and his wife as a wedding gift 2 & ½ years ago. The design was taken from some photos of a style my nephew liked. The top is a solid 4/4 stock walnut panel surrounded by a 12/4 stock frame. The frame is mitered and I used a ½ inch “locking” key vertically through the miter and perpendicular to the joint. The grain of the keys also run perpendicular to the miter joint. The top and frame are tongue and grooved together.

The finish is 4 coats of satin wipe-on poly/oil blend which was hand rubbed out with 0000 steel wool and paste wax. If you’d like to see more details of the construction, I posted a blog at: http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/Woodhacker/blog/4623

There’s been talk of matching end tables. We’ll see how that goes.

-- Martin, Kansas


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FritzM

106 posts in 706 days


posted 562 days ago

Impressive Martin! what a great gift! I love the way the underside of the top looks! that’s some intricate machining. did you use templates?

-- Fritz Oakland, Ca http://www.muegenburg.com (dedicated to my other hobby)

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tenontim

1319 posts in 638 days


posted 562 days ago

Very unique design, Martin. There must be a whole walnut tree in that table. I read your other post and glad to hear it’s holding up well. I was a little concerned about all of the cross grain joint you had in this table. Thanks for the post.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

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MSRiverdog

39 posts in 630 days


posted 562 days ago

Very ambitious, and nice, cool even. Wow, I like it. Can you show us a pic of the underside assembled?

-- http://www.riverviewwoodworking.com

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jjohn

391 posts in 608 days


posted 562 days ago

Very weighty looking. I really like the table. Looks almost like a huge rocks assembled. I don’t know if that what you were going for but In really like it.

-- JJohn

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trifern

7894 posts in 661 days


posted 562 days ago

That is one gorgeous table. I love the grain patterns and the very substantial design lines.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

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Todd A. Clippinger

5639 posts in 993 days


posted 562 days ago

I love the modern aesthetic, and this is a great design in the style.

I read the blog. The modern work is always technically more challenging than the finished project lets on.

You did a fabulous job and I love this piece!

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

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GaryK

9521 posts in 882 days


posted 562 days ago

Great looking table. Looks like a lot of work went into it. Nice job.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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Scott Bryan

20636 posts in 716 days


posted 562 days ago

This is a beautiful table and you did a wonderful job on this piece.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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matt garcia

716 posts in 566 days


posted 499 days ago

Man I’m getting dizzy from all that wavy grain!! Just gorgeous walnut, and a great design!

-- Matt, Houston Texas

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jeanmarc

1751 posts in 610 days


posted 483 days ago

Very unique design,Great looking table.

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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