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John Michaels
03-25-2008, 2:00 AM
Here's my latest table. Bubinga and walnut finished with tung oil (Daly's BenMatte) and Watco satin wax. Top is 48" X 19" and the table stands about 30" tall. The bubinga has the nicest figure (waterfall?) of any I've purchased so far.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1108263/DSC07051.jpg

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Gary Breckenridge
03-25-2008, 2:06 AM
Nice wood, nice work.:cool:

Dave MacArthur
03-25-2008, 3:42 AM
beautiful! Fantastic figure there. It appears the top is one solid slab... but I am having a hard time believing that, as I'd guess a slab of such nicely figured wood to be $$$$$, and so hard to NOT slice up into veneer! Is it a solid slab?

Greg Cole
03-25-2008, 9:20 AM
Very nice, Simple design allows the wood to present itself!
Sure is purrrrty wood there.

Greg

Jim Becker
03-25-2008, 10:00 AM
Purdy!!! Very nice design and I agree with Greg that it very much compliments the wonderful material you chose for the project.

John Thompson
03-25-2008, 10:05 AM
Very nice indeed... I have always preferred domestic wood for what-ever reason... but absolutely love bubinga. That's some nice stuff you got hold of there.

Regards...

Sarge..

John Michaels
03-25-2008, 10:19 AM
beautiful! Fantastic figure there. It appears the top is one solid slab... but I am having a hard time believing that, as I'd guess a slab of such nicely figured wood to be $$$$$, and so hard to NOT slice up into veneer! Is it a solid slab?

It's a solid slab. The board was 16 feet long that this chunk came from. It was very pricey.

Thom Sturgill
03-25-2008, 10:48 AM
Yes very purty. The apron appears much darker than the legs. Is it a different species, stained ?

Brent Ring
03-25-2008, 10:53 AM
Gorgeous Figure, and great work! Nice find on the single slab!

gary Zimmel
03-25-2008, 10:55 AM
John

Very sweet looking table. I love the top.

How hard is the bubinga to work with?

Mark Valsi
03-25-2008, 11:04 AM
wow !!!

wowwwwwwww !!


WOW WOW !!

John Michaels
03-25-2008, 11:05 AM
John

Very sweet looking table. I love the top.

How hard is the bubinga to work with?

It's a nice wood to work with. Hard and heavy. Its sands, glues and accepts finish well. Figured boards get a little planer tearout, so a drum sander is key.


Yes very purty. The apron appears much darker than the legs. Is it a different species, stained ?

The apron is walnut, the lighting made it look darker than it is. There's an overhead light casting a shadow.

gary Zimmel
03-25-2008, 11:12 AM
John

One more quick question.

How thick is the top?

John Michaels
03-25-2008, 11:17 AM
John

One more quick question.

How thick is the top?

It's 7/8" thick. Luckily I didn't have to send it through a planer. Just took it to a local cabinet maker and had him run it through the drum sander. I need a Performax 22-44.

Lori Kleinberg
03-25-2008, 11:32 AM
Wow, John. Gorgeous piece of wood for the tabletop. That is one beautiful table.

Vito Baratta
03-25-2008, 11:58 AM
Beautiful table my friend!

Great work!

Peter Quinn
03-25-2008, 1:10 PM
Man..that is sweet. That is the nicest picture of the waterfall bubinga I have seen yet. Great table. I love it.

Bruce Page
03-25-2008, 1:21 PM
Stunning wood and beautiful craftsmanship!

Wow is an understatement!

Chris Padilla
03-25-2008, 1:41 PM
So the apron and legs are walnut? The legs look awfully light for walnut but it could be the light playing tricks.

Bubinga is simply a gorgeous wood. Time and time again it always looks good. A friend of mine has some very long and wide quarter-sawn bubinga and while it was cool to see at the time he bought it, I have to admit it isn't as nice as the flatsawn stuff.

Nice clean design...love the rounded edges.

Paul Fitzgerald
03-25-2008, 2:15 PM
That's gorgeous John! I absolutely love the 3D look of the figure.

Now... I wonder where I can score some of that beautiful bubinga...

Paul

Jim Becker
03-25-2008, 2:36 PM
So the apron and legs are walnut? The legs look awfully light for walnut but it could be the light playing tricks.

Could be English walnut or Claro walnut...and walnut also gets lighter over time. Regardless, it's a very nice piece!

John Michaels
03-25-2008, 3:56 PM
So the apron and legs are walnut? The legs look awfully light for walnut but it could be the light playing tricks.

The lighting makes the walnut look pale. I had a 500 watt halogen shining on the legs in the photo. It is some of the lightest black walnut I've used to date.

The picture below is a table table top made from the same board as the legs. It was 8 feet long, I used 4 feet for the top and had enough left over for the legs on the bubinga table.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-11/1108263/DSC06968.jpg

J. Z. Guest
03-25-2008, 4:46 PM
... I have always preferred domestic wood for what-ever reason...

I prefer domestic wood because I know I'm not contributing to deforestation in the rain forests that way.

However, I admit that this is a beautiful table.

Robert LaPlaca
03-25-2008, 9:29 PM
Wow, the curl in that Bubinga is something else..

John Michaels
03-26-2008, 1:04 AM
I think my hooded merganser has found a new home.

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