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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
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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)
tenontim
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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
MSRiverdog
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posted 562 days ago
Very ambitious, and nice, cool even. Wow, I like it. Can you show us a pic of the underside assembled?
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jjohn
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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
trifern
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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.
Todd A. Clippinger
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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
GaryK
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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.
Scott Bryan
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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.
matt garcia
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posted 499 days ago
Man I’m getting dizzy from all that wavy grain!! Just gorgeous walnut, and a great design!
-- Matt, Houston Texas
jeanmarc
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posted 483 days ago
Very unique design,Great looking table.
-- jeanmarc manosque france