round top table

[Ralph Boumenot]

I found this table in my cellar boneyard when I was cleaning it up and looking for something else. I had made 6 of these - all different in size wood etc. - I thought my daughters had taken them all. This one has a poplar top about 20" in diameter and sits on a red oak base 31" high. I got the table upstairs now and I'll find a use for it. It survived 2 floods and 5 years in the cellar - when I checked my signature/date I had made this in August of 2008.
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[Roy Lindberry]

A lot of people detest the color variations in poplar, but I think it can be quite stunning. I really like the top.

[Ralph Boumenot]

The top makes this table. I don't understand why this is considered a secondary wood by some many woodworkers.

[Jessica Pierce-LaRose]

I love poplar - it's only annoying characteristic is it's propensity to get dinged sometimes if I whack something against the corner of a bench or drop something on the floor, but I find it quite attractive, particularly when it's aged and warmed up some. The contrast between the sap and heart can be quite nice.

this is a really attractive piece, Ralph! Nice choice with the streaking there. Is that one top one piece? Everytime I think I might have figured out where a glue line would be, I realize I'm wrong.

[Jim Matthews]

+1 on showing off the Poplar to it's detractors.

I love the stuff and it's an undervalued bargain.
Nice time capsule, there.

[Lloyd Robins]

I like it also. It is what I used to make my toolboxes.

[Jim Koepke]

Beautiful table.


I don't understand why this is considered a secondary wood by some many woodworkers.

Popular and alder are both in the hardwood family but are both somewhat soft like pine.

I was working with some alder yesterday and just from moving around on the bench small chips of wood were marking up the surface.

Have to remember with woods like that to cover the table with a bunch of shavings to keep from damaging things.

jtk