Curly Maple Arts & Crafts Style Table

Great work!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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Very nice. I love Arts and Crafts furniture. I had never thought of using curly maple. Looks great!!

-- Garyb6, Hampton, VA

Very nice looking table. The wood grain in that maple is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing.

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

Very nice indeed! Thanks for sharing!

Do you have any larger pictures ? The table looks great and I love the Curly Maple : )

-- Dusty56@comcast.net

Great job!

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

Unfortunately I only took the 2 pics and the table is delivered. Sorry. Thanks for the comments.

-- Rich, WNY, www.nyrockingchairs.com

Wood choice is beautiful, nice work.

-- Shawn, I ask in order to learn

VEry nice, that is some beautiful wood

-- Glenn, New Mexico

Great looking stand Rich! Curly maple can be a little hard to work, but the end result is more than worth it. Thanks for posting it…you did an incredible job.

-- Martin, Kansas

Nice table. Grain on the top looks great!

-- Steve-o

Nice grain – too bad we don’t have more pictures!

-- John

Nice table and beautiful wood….I love Curly Maple.

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

Very nice piece. You did a beautiful job on it. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Great table. I think that curly maple adds a little extra to anything that is made from it.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

How many people have curly maple like that, just laying in the shop? And how much hand planning/scraping did it take to get that beautiful grain to pop out like that? Nice job!

-- Les Forster, Minneapolis (Apple Valley) MN,

I bought it to do our bedroom set, and the orders came in so money making projects come before Making-The-Wife-Happy projects. I went back to my supplier Sunday to get the curly maple to replace what I used for this table, the pile is still pretty big. Not to worry, I put the MTWH project in the schedule so I am delaying the paying projects until the bedroom set is done.

What is this hand planing and scraping you speak of? I do sand it out to a 500 grit Abralon pad. I always use Deft Natural Oil for the finish, that really accentuates the figuring.

-- Rich, WNY, www.nyrockingchairs.com

Rich – great table. I really like the curly maple. What process do you use for applying the Deft Natural Oil? Your finish looks wonderful.

-- Tim from Iowa City, IA

I do a very wet coat, keep applying to keep it wet looking for about 10-15 minutes. Then I wipe it dry. Then let it sit for about 7 days, until all the tackiness is gone. Then I do a quick abralon 1000 grit sand. Follow that with a quick wipe on/wipe off coat, which I wet about a 1 sw ft area and then immediately wipe it dry. Another 24 hours drying time and it is good to go.

-- Rich, WNY, www.nyrockingchairs.com

Very nice looking table.

-- jeanmarc manosque france

looks great.. I love the figure in the wood.

-- making sawdust....

Great looking table. Very nice figure.

-- I never started a project I couldn't screw up.

I have some maple like that in my shop waiting for the right project. I afraid I may mess it up. If I had your skills I’d be a bit more confident to use it : ) .

-- JB

great job

-- Rick Kruse, Rick's Rustics Handcrafted wood products Grand Rapids, MI

Thats a nice table.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker