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I don't post many of my projects here. Most of my stuff is utilitarian for the lack of a better term and kinda boring. I do repair work and refinishing. Or small custom woodworking, but I feel weird about showing "other peoples stuff" that I have built them. Don't know why but I do, I even took a bunch of pictures off my website because of that reason.
Every once in awhile I get to build something I want to. I was digging through a pile I had stacked up against the wall of the barn yesterday and came across this honeylocust crotch that I stuck back "just in case I ever found a use for it". It struck me, hey I could make a table out of that.
I used a little walnut too. I make the stretcher out of walnut so when you look down though the crack you see black, looks more dramatic I think. I also thought since the butterflies in the top were walnut the stretcher should be shaped like a butterfly too.
Simple lap joint legs, off set just for fun.
I also don't post many pictures because I am not a "straight grain/everything square" kinda guy. The stuff I like to build does not suit most peoples tastes.
The base was simply doweled (6 dowels, 2 in each leg) and glued to the top after the pictures. Then a few coats of Tung oil.
Every once in awhile I get to build something I want to. I was digging through a pile I had stacked up against the wall of the barn yesterday and came across this honeylocust crotch that I stuck back "just in case I ever found a use for it". It struck me, hey I could make a table out of that.
I used a little walnut too. I make the stretcher out of walnut so when you look down though the crack you see black, looks more dramatic I think. I also thought since the butterflies in the top were walnut the stretcher should be shaped like a butterfly too.
Simple lap joint legs, off set just for fun.
I also don't post many pictures because I am not a "straight grain/everything square" kinda guy. The stuff I like to build does not suit most peoples tastes.
The base was simply doweled (6 dowels, 2 in each leg) and glued to the top after the pictures. Then a few coats of Tung oil.
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