Dining table with natural edge bookmatched figured maple boards

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Don Kondra

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Newly installed in My kitchen !

Spalted/figured maple boards and ceramic tiles for the top, the gable ends are figured Bubinga.

The table is for sale but I need to store it somewhere :)


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Cheers, Don
 
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Ironwood

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That's beautiful Don.

As a fellow woodworker I admire your creativity and workmanship.

If you don't mind, could I ask a few questions.
I assume the black frame and feet are timber, how have you treated them to make them black ?
Do the ceramic tiles just sit in place, or are they fastened in some way?
What have you finished the table with ?
 
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Don Kondra

Senior Member
Marcel said:
I love it! Great piece!
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RON said:
Remarkable.
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weebee said:
I've seen these before. Fantastic table.
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paul04 said:
Very nice table, looks very well built and should last a good few years.
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Thank You's !

Ironwood said:
That's beautiful Don.

As a fellow woodworker I admire your creativity and workmanship.

If you don't mind, could I ask a few questions.
I assume the black frame and feet are timber, how have you treated them to make them black ?
Do the ceramic tiles just sit in place, or are they fastened in some way?
What have you finished the table with ?
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Thank you !

The tiles are actually heavy enough to just sit in place, they have little polyurethane feet and are "captured" on two sides by the maple. They are not going anywhere :)

The black frame is maple, the parts are colored with black gesso applied with a sponge and then sprayed with a conversion varnish. The sponge application gives the finish some texture.

On the top boards, I've used colored epoxy to fill all the cracks, a soaking of Watco oil to help stabilize the softer spalted parts and then sprayed the varnish.

The raw wood and the finish was sanded to 600 grit so photographing it was a challenge !

grandpaw said:
I thought I did woodworking until I checked out your site a long time ago. You really do some outstanding work!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you so much !

Cheers, Don
 
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