| Project by Don Kondra | posted 03-29-2015 08:24 PM | 3380 views | 24 times favorited | 14 comments |  |
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The better part of thirty years ago, a group of local woodworkers organized a bulk purchase of figured maple.
When I arrived (late) to help unload the trailer, I found these two book matched/spalted boards discarded in a snow bank !
They were in pretty poor shape but I thought I could make use of them and they have been leaning against the wall of my shop ever since..
Fast forward to a year ago when I spied them one evening and the idea popped into my head to make a table top with them. Technically I designed it for myself but all of my work is for sale
I used West System epoxy to fill all the cracks and soaked them with Watco Danish oil.
Paying work kept me busy until a couple of months ago I decided to make time to finish this project.
At 14” wide the boards were too narrow for a top, I felt another dissimilar board would be a poor match so I decided to use ceramic tiles in the middle to make up a usable width.
The original plan was to use another figured maple board for the gables but then I realized I had been “saving” a figured Bubinga board that would work nicely for the gables.
Finished size is 64 3/8” x 38”, a comfy size for six diners and possibly eight family members
The link below will take you to a photobucket album with ~ three dozen start to finish progress pictures.
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg202/donkondra/Dining%20Table/1%20Rough%20boards_zps0g3lvbht.jpg
Cheers, Don
-- Don Kondra – Furniture Designer/Maker
14 comments so far
AJ1104
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#1 posted 03-29-2015 11:50 PM
Truly an amazing table. Great job on the design and execution.
-- AJ
gfadvm
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#2 posted 03-30-2015 02:57 AM
A very unique design and some gorgeous wood resulted in a beautiful table.
Edit: and some amazing joinery skills!!!
-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm
TimberMagic
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#3 posted 03-30-2015 04:52 AM
Beautiful table. I really like the contrast of the black tiles and other black elements against the wood.
-- Lee
deon
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#4 posted 03-30-2015 05:40 AM
Great work! love the design
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#5 posted 03-30-2015 08:55 AM
Don, that table is nothing short of a work of art. Well done.
-- Don, North Carolina,http://www.ncdon.com Working full time at retired.
david38
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#6 posted 03-30-2015 01:40 PM
beautiful looking table
Woodbridge
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#7 posted 03-30-2015 03:13 PM
Don, that is a beautiful table. Your patience with those two pieces of spalted maple paid off. Although you designed it for yourself, I can’t imagine that you will have it for long, before someone will want to buy it from you.
-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario
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#8 posted 03-30-2015 06:28 PM
WOW this rocks, and only 30yrs in the making LOL love it man
-- Wood and Glass they kick (well you know) Have a great day - Dug
exelectrician
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#9 posted 03-30-2015 07:43 PM
Spectacular !! Brilliant !! WoW !!!
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Moron
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#10 posted 03-31-2015 11:51 AM
Nice Don : )
-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso
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#11 posted 03-31-2015 06:52 PM
Awsome table. Wenge parts and live edge boards function very well together. Great work and design.
-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted
Hammerthumb
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#12 posted 04-03-2015 07:43 PM
Beautiful work. I really like the design.
-- Paul, Duvall, WA
Don Kondra
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#13 posted 04-05-2015 12:20 PM
Thanks so much for the comments Everyone !
Cheers, Don
-- Don Kondra – Furniture Designer/Maker
ignatz
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#14 posted 05-04-2015 02:00 PM
Gorgeous table, excellent use and presentation of the wood. Outstanding!
-- "I have learned from my mistakes, and I am sure I can repeat them exactly" — Peter Cook
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