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Gorgeous table. Love that walnut. Nicely done.
 

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Wow! Very nice table, I just love the look of walnut.
 

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Very nice work fritzfratz, your friends must be very happy with the new table.
 

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Looks beautiful.. post how you went about making the top.. I'm sure there's alot of people who want to know how to hollow out the top..I know I do!!
 

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The top obviously took some time. I started by squaring and planing the wood to thckness (I buy all my lumber "rough cut") Then I glued the boards together and sanded both sides smooth and even. Next, I used a trammel I made and laid out the circle, adding a 1/2" to the final width I wanted and cut the circle out. For the top outside I used a Roman ogee bit on the top and an 1/8" round over bit on the bottom edge. Then I built a router circle cutter/trammel long enough to clear the outer edge of the circle of wood - it's a teardrop shaped affair with holes large enough to go over a 6 penny fininish nail head at the small end and holes up the center every 1/2". I carefully drove a 6 penny finish nail into the center of the circle, just enough to hold the trammel. I used a 1/2" core box bit on the first outside run, leaving a 1/2" rim on the circle/table top. It took about 3 passes on each round to get to the depth I wanted. I then switched to a 3/4" straight bit, moved the trammel to the next hole, and carefully made my next passes, again only taking it down a little at a time, usually 3 passes, until it was 1/16 lower than the core box bit's final pass. This left a nice little "lip" between the base dapth and the inside curve - more for "design" than anything else. I set the stop on the plunge router again, moved the trammel to the next hole and repeated the operation until I was at the center, which left about a 3" circle of wood sticking up. I built a jig for my router to sit in that was longer than the width of the table top using a couple of straight hardwood pieces and a piece of 1/4" hard board that I'd cut a slot through the middle for the router bit to fit through and run back and forth. By setting the depth of the router to the finish depth and running the router accross the inside of the hollowed out table top I cut the center waste out and cleaned up any other deviations from the routing. After that it was sand, sand and sand using a random orbital sander with grits starting at 80 and finishing with 400.
 

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Beautiful looking table. You did a very nice job on this piece. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom
 
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