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I have day dreamed of being able to do woodworking for over 20 years and this year was finally able to get started. This is my first official project. My wife helped me with a large portion of it. We always enjoy working together. This is a coffee table that we made for our living room. It is made entirely of mesquite and finished with Tung oil. The legs are mortise and tenon, all cut by hand. My wife is the one that had the good eye for cleaning out the worm holes and shaping the edges. I think she did an excellent job and I am very proud of her. I am wide open to any critiques that you guys may have, because I know that is the only way I will learn and get better.

Thanks for looking,
Shane

P.S. My wife made an entry table out of spalted pecan that I am trying to get her to post and hopefully she will. It turned out very nice.

-- We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. C.S. Lewis


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TexPenn

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posted 92 days ago

Very Nice!!!

-- Ted, TX or PA www.around-the-bend.com

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Bigbuck

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posted 92 days ago

Very nice. I love those live edges. Looks like you are off to a great start.

I would love to see your wifes entry table, I am shure it looks great.

-- Glenn, New Mexico

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mot

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posted 92 days ago

It’s really an interesting piece. I can’t help but like it.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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mrtrim

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posted 92 days ago

very cool table ! great team work . tell your wife we like to see her table ! if all else fails you could ” git R drunk” ! lol
just kiddin !

-- if you aint the lead dog the scenery never changes

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SteveKorz

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posted 92 days ago

That is one nice table!! You two have done a fantastic job, you are quite a team. Great post, thanks!!

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)

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TexPenn

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posted 92 days ago

where do you get a slab of spalted pecan?

-- Ted, TX or PA www.around-the-bend.com

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brunob

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posted 92 days ago

Excellent job. Really nice to work together.

-- Bruce from Central New York

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trifern

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posted 92 days ago

Hats off to you and your wife. You make a great team. Thank you for sharing.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

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JohnR

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posted 92 days ago

Shane,

Great job. The finished work looks truly professional. You and your wife are to be commended. I am anxious to see her entry table.

-- Sola Gratia, John

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MVWOODWORKS

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posted 92 days ago

Very nice!! Where did you find your mesquite?

-- Pat, Colorado

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RobS

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posted 92 days ago

Nice work Shane and Mrs. Shane. Is the Mesquite from your property? What are the measurements?

Great pictures too. Thanks for sharing.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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Woodhacker

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posted 92 days ago

Shane that’s a great looking table. You both did a great job and have reason to be very proud of it.

-- Martin, Kansas

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Dominic Vanacora

375 posts in 311 days


posted 92 days ago

Well lets start our by saying your one luck man to be married to a women that loves your work and is an equal or better than you. That said lets start with the thinks you did wrong….....................................................
....................................... I can’t think of any.
The best part is being able to see how an ulgy duckling of a tree could be so beautiful. Than to be able to turn it into a swan is beyond belief. Your and your wife have a great eye for woodworking and greater talent to be able do what you see.

-- Dominic, Trinity, Florida

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ShaneS

16 posts in 228 days


posted 92 days ago

Thanks for all the compliments guys. One thing I forgot to mention is that Julie and I live in a log home so this type of furniture fits real well with our surroundings. We both like the rustic outdoors look.

Where did I get the mesquite and spalted pecan? We have a 70 yr. old man that lives about 3 miles from us and he has a saw mill. He is the busiest old man. He fells trees, has folks bring logs to him, mills lumber, builds furniture, and etc. He’s the one that we were able to get our lumber from.

What are the measurements of the table? The top is about 20” at it’s widest point, about 54” long and 2” thick. It stands at about 19” off the floor

RobS—the mesquite is from the man that I PM’d you about a number of weeks ago. He’s got some really good stuff.

-- We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. C.S. Lewis

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ShaneS

16 posts in 228 days


posted 92 days ago

Dominic, your right I am a very lucky man. Julie and her family, are very creative folks. Julie loves diving in a getting dirty. She would much rather be outdoors doing something with me than to be doing anything else. I help her with her projects and she helps me with mine. Julie is also a very good photographer. She took some great pictures on the table but both of us agree that the pictures really don’t bring out the true beauty of the mesquite. Thanks for the compliments.

-- We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. C.S. Lewis

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EdC

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posted 92 days ago

Very nice!!!!!!!!
The wood has some nice character to it, that and I love live edged wood.

-- Ed Collinge- Edmonds, WA.

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GaryK

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posted 92 days ago

Very cool! It looks like it will last many lifetimes.

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

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CharlieM1958

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posted 92 days ago

Great piece! It would work just as well as a bench…. at first I thought that is what it was..

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

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Jim13

34 posts in 97 days


posted 92 days ago

That is a stunning piece!
I wish my 100th project would look so nice, professional and artistic.

-- Yanky, pateince is everthing.

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Chip

1058 posts in 534 days


posted 92 days ago

A “less is more” beaut. Many times just letting nature speak for itself is enough. And usually that approach comes from years of experience. That this is your first piece speaks tons about your talent. Looking forward to seeing more.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

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Scott Bryan

8483 posts in 264 days


posted 92 days ago

This is a beautiful piece of rustic furniture. I really enjoy seeing the live edge on it. You and your wife should be proud of this piece and you both did a good job on the design and construction.

Well done.

-- 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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Dusty56

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posted 92 days ago

This is an awesome table !! Great job folks …now let’s see the Spalted Pecan , please !!

-- Dusty56@comcast.net

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jockmike2

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posted 91 days ago

Great looking table. I have read that Tung oil by itself, is not a good finish, but that you should put a wipe on poly or a varnish of some kind over it to protect it. Other than that it is beautiful. Ask Karson he’d know. Mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

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