Kind of a cool wood table

[Tom Walz]

http://coolmaterial.com/home/the-float-table-will-mess-with-your-head/?utm_source=Cool+Material&utm_campaign=5a8622b0a2-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_DAILY&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f248e7d25b-5a8622b0a2-296956581

[Matt Day]

Agreed, it does look pretty cool. What I'm not sure about is what is magnetized and how it is responsive to human touch.

[Mel Fulks]

Seems they have the magnets in repel position, wouldn't that cause them to lose power in a short time ?

[Dennis McDonaugh]

Polarity doesn't change how fast they degrade. They probably use rare earth magnets embedded in the wood and they will maintain their charge a lot longer than mild steel magnets. Of course you could get by that by using electromagnets and plugging it in. Neat outside the box thinking.

[Yonak Hawkins]

Here's a video : http://vimeo.com/51625557

[Mel Fulks]

I don't doubt that the rare earth magnets last longer ,but I would be surprised if they repel as long as the table buyer is going to want them to. I still put "keepers" on magnetic knife setting gauges...just an old habit. The table is an interesting novelty but I don't find it attractive beyond that. I can't find an example to post here but I've seen antique tea tables etc that had better "floating tops " with clever design and no magnets.

[Dave Anthony]

I think as soon as you set a laptop on that table it would become very uncool.

[Dan Hintz]

I think as soon as you set a laptop on that table it would become very uncool.


Laptop would be fine... a CRT would have problems, though.

[keith micinski]

I was just going to say it looks like as soon as you set anything on that table it would become uncool and more of a hassle. I like the idea I just wish it wasn't completely useless as a table.

[Malcolm Schweizer]

If you look at the video posted by Yonak, they did a great job matching the veneer around the edges. I say well done all around and great thinking out of the box, even though it's a bunch of boxes!