Recently finished pedestal tables

[NICK BARBOZA]

I just finished a pair of these pedestal tables. I am really glad i made two! I have made the mistake in the past of only making one of something...

The legs are walnut with a maple spline at the 45.
The center blocks are 8/4 Birdseye Maple.
The tops are Birdseye Maple with some amazing figure in them. (I don't have any really good pictures of the tops unfortunately.... I'll get some)
I used a Tung Oil finish on them, this is the first time I've used that and i am really happy with it.

Cheers,
Nick


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[Chris Padilla]

Good stuff, Nick!

[Lee Koepke]

Is that the angle of the grain on the top, or did you bevel the joints for glue up?

That is beautiful piece, esp the top.

[NICK BARBOZA]

nope just edge glued the tops with a simple chamfered edge. the "stripes" you see are the eyes in the grain where i made the end cuts.

[Chris Padilla]

Is that the angle of the grain on the top, or did you bevel the joints for glue up?

That is beautiful piece, esp the top.

I think that is the growth rings of the tree...if I'm not mistaken.

[NICK BARBOZA]

yes your right they are the rings, oops! but if you look at the lighter colors that go out radially from the rings, those are the eyes i was talking about.

[Lee Koepke]

nope just edge glued the tops with a simple chamfered edge. the "stripes" you see are the eyes in the grain where i made the end cuts.
nice selection of wood then.

again, really nice