Curly Maple Tressel Table

[Phil Winn]

With the help from my internet friends from two woodworking sites, I built this
4/4 and 8/4 Curly Maple Tressel/Trestle Table. Hand-cut Mortise and Tenon joinery. The finish was two coats of Waterlox Sealer, then smoothed with grey non-woven pad; cleaned with paint thinner; then three coats of 50% Waterlox Satin & 50% Waterlox Gloss. Finally smoothed with a white non-woven pad. Not too glossy and not too dull-perfect! It will seat 6 no problem (8 if close friends !). Rock solid. I appreciate the help and support from you all!
Thanks,
Phil

[Bruce Page]

Phil, that is beautiful! I'd love to see a picture of the top!

[Don Baer]

Very nice, I love the curl.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Beautifully done Phil! I'm with Bruce...I'd love to see a photo of that top!

[Mike Hill]

Very well done Phil and I sure like the wood grain and the finish for that type wood.

Mike

[glenn bradley]

Phil, a word I don't use often; stunning. I love lighter colored woods anyway but, the clean lines on your table rock!

[Jim Becker]

Beautiful, Phil!

[lou sansone]

great looking table. top looks real flat. how did you go about building the it?

lou

[Jason Tuinstra]

Phil, the table looks great!

[Rick Gibson]

Beautiful work. I have a dining room free if you need a place to store it.

[Seth Poorman]

Phil , I like it, wonderful Job !!!!!!

[Roy Wall]

Phil,

Terrific work........that's a keeper!!! The design lends itself to a "more lighter side"......and yet you comment it is Rock Solid......I like that!!! You should be very pleased. Show us some more pics if you can!!

[Dennis Peacock]

Phil,

Excellent work and a beautiful table. Congrats on a table well done.!!

[Phil Winn]

Sorry about the quality of pics---cell phone pics are not the best!
Thanks for the comments-I agree with them all! I actually love constructive criticism-that’s how I learn. I was having a very difficult time getting spectacular wood for this project...the widest I could find was 9/4 rough…so without doubling up (gluing or whatever) the “feet” etc, the widest finished width for the “feet”
is the 2” it is. I wanted(needed) the height for the “feet” to be a bit more, so they are. A tressel table plan in a magazine, used glued-up feet, but with Curly Maple it can look funny. For attaching the table top to the base-----to cradle the table top, the cradle looks like the feet flipped 180 degrees; then I made some sliding interlocking joints, so there is no metal used in this table. This Curly Maple is very curly; the top is all bookmatched; and the base is also bookmatched. Flattening the top took some time, but my $50.00 wooden plane performed as a trooper. Any suggestions for “wood dealers” who stock spectacular Curly Maple (Hard and/or Soft) in 8/4, 10/4, 12/4, 16/4 ? I “need” to buy some within the next few weeks--Any specific suggestions –names/websites/tele#, would be very helpful. Distance doesn’t really matter too much. Thanks all, Phil

[brett widenhouse]

How are you going to keep it flat? No breadboard on the ends so
what did you do underneath?
thanks,
really beautifully done, something to proud of for sure.

bw

[Corey Hallagan]

Beautiful work! The table is gourgeous. Nice job.

corey

[Sam Chambers]

Very nice work, Phil! I'm always a sucker for figured wood, and that stuff is gorgeous!

[Tim Solley]

Absolutely fantastic Phil! I'm a big fan of curly maple, I've used it on a couple of projects and I've been very happy with the final result.

I'll bet all that lumber cost a pretty penny :eek:

Tim

[Chris Padilla]

Awesome...I love curly maple and the table really shouts it out!

[D.McDonnel "Mac"]

http://www.irionlumber.com/

Check these guys out. I have just seen some of their lumber for the first time and it looked spectacular in the rough. I can't wait to see it planed and finished.

Mac

[Jeffrey Makiel]

Well done!
-Jeff