Finished coffee table.

I have completed my most recent coffee table project with amazing results. A simple design with stand out features make this a coffee table that stands out in any room it will be placed. The huge knot that takes over the whole of the top is a gorgeous feature that you just cant help but admire.

You can see in the sunlight that this coffee table is very unique. You can never get these colours and patterns in the same place like this again. The large knot really makes this coffee table. But looking round this piece you will see other amazing lines and colours throughout the whole table.

The rounded edges on the legs and angled feet give this table a simple but eye catching appearance. Hand cut mortice and tenon construction makes this a fully solid and sturdy coffee table. The gorgeous whole waney edged top is held down using screw and button method. This allows the top to naturally move without twisting the table out of square.

There are some very beautiful medullary rays (silver grain) running horizontally on the inside of the legs that just add to this tables large list of unique features.

I really enjoyed making this coffee table and I am over the moon with the end result!

My love of Danish oil

Danish oil is my preferred finish to all my work. This is because the transformation it brings to a piece.

The images below shows what amazing features that danish oil can bring out in the oak. This waney edged coffee table top had many features to show off even before the oil was applied to it, but coupled with the oil the results were outstanding.

With the oil rubbed in with a microfibre cloth, just one coat (there will be 5 in total) transformed the piece with patterns, colours and lines that were unseen until the oil was applied. The golden colour which the oil has also gives off a warm feeling from the furniture once it is completed.

 

The results of Danish oil still amaze me. I love it and it is a bonus that it is also so easy to use.

New custom coffee table.

I have been asked to make a coffee table for a colleauge. He picked out and supplied an oak beam to use for legs and rails and a lovely waney oak board with a large knot in it which will be an amazing feature to this table.

The oak beam provided to me needed to be cut up to use for the legs and the rails. I used a table saw to machine to beam down into 4 chunks at 75mm x 75mm. I planed two faces flat and square with each other and used these edges with the table saw to cut the other sides of the timber square. I then check everything using a tri square and everything was spot on. The legs were 68mm x 68mm finished size before cutting the design into them. I used the remainder of the oak beam to cut out the rails.

I worked with my colleauge to design the table to his liking. He was certain on the design of the leg as it was his own. Plain rails was what he wanted so no detail on those. I set out marking the mortice and tenons which is the fixing method I am using for the rails to the tops of the legs.

After a lot of mallet and chisel work the mortices were chopped out and the tenons fit nice, tightly and all square. I placed the table top on the constructed legs and rails to give an idea of what the coffee table will look like when it is finished. The height was perfect and my colleauge is over the moon with it. I have some sanding left to do, glue the rails and legs together, 4 x buttons to make to fix the top to the rails and a generous 5 coats of danish oil which will bring out the beautiful lines and markings of this piece. There are many, many medullary rays in this table. Finished images are soon to follow!