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Harold

312 posts in 747 days


727 days ago

Topic tags/keywords: question mango ohia purpleheart carving tool carving milling shaping finishing refurbishing veneering joining traditional modern

Good news!, I have been working on the design for this project for several months, and the the owner has finally made the call. The existing table is a old Brunswick that he picked up at an auction. Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
the table is made from pressed board that has really suffered from the humidity here in Hawaii, but the actual frame is all in really good shape
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I have tried to keep the design simple and just let the wood be the focal point.
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I have made up several cap/wood samples for the piece and I will post a picture as soon as i get the sample back. The owner has chosen to use Mango with the curved accents made from Ohia. I added narrow strips of purpleheart to highlight these details. We will be using abaloni as the diamonds which should bled in well with the coloful mango.
So here we are I am finalizing the material lists and will deliver the rough stock to the kiln next week, any comments or suggestions at this point would be welcomed. I will be building the curved base out of ply and then veneering it.
thanks for all your help and ideas, hint, hint.

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MsDebbieP

14188 posts in 1061 days


727 days ago

looks like a big undertaking..

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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handplane

35 posts in 760 days


699 days ago

I just found this after doing a search for others working on their own pool tables. I also decided to use abalone for the diamond sights and already purchased mine and am happy with them. I thought you might like this link, it was the least expensive place I found after a lot of searching.

http://www.poolndarts.com/index.cfm?CFID=11348323&CFTOKEN=367c5d84ed5b7255-23A715B7-D61C-4F06-B477B9FCA07F87F1&Fuseaction=Catalog.Product&productID=3763

I’ll be eager to see pictures of your progress on the table!

-- - Scott "handplane"

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Blake

2763 posts in 774 days


699 days ago

That looks like it will be a fun project. I am looking forward to the outcome.

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rikkor

11335 posts in 774 days


699 days ago

Looks like a big job.

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