In the summer of 2017, a friend told me that his neighbor Gary wanted to give away some white oak. It had been sawed from a tree that fell at his previous home in 1974. Of course, I went right over and loaded it into my van. No sooner did I have it loaded than Gary mentioned that he was hoping I would make him a coffee table using some of the wood. What's more, he had several old 9 1/2" square glass aerial photo plates. Could I incorporate some into the table top?
Here's the wood in my basement, where it sat on my racks until this July.
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When we got together to talk this over in July, Gary was rather vague as to exactly what he wanted. Based on out discussion, I made a full-size cardboard mock-up to put in his living room.
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That forced Gary and his wife to make some decisions. Here's the result. I hope it is a little nicer than the cardboard version.
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We wanted to include a bit of evidence of insect damage to the tree. It is tucked up at the top of the apron on one side, so it isn't in your face.
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