| Project by Michael | posted 12-18-2015 10:19 PM | 4909 views | 13 times favorited | 22 comments |  |
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Monkey Pod Slab Trestle Table
Wood: Monkey Pod (from West Penn Hardwoods)
Finish: Teak Oil
Dimensions:
Table: 84”L, 32”W, 30”H
Bench: 84”L, 15.5”W, 18”H
A commission project that called for only one bench; there will be a built in sofa on the other side.
Used the Woodhaven Planing Sled to plane the huge slab.
I hated cutting up a second slab to make the trestle supports, but it needed to be done. I’m pretty pleased with my first dining table and bench as is the client.
-- ~Michael, AnsbachArtisans.com
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recycle1943
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#1 posted 12-18-2015 10:43 PM
Holy crap – what an endevor and what a fine result.
-- Dick, Malvern Ohio - my biggest fear is that when I die, my wife sells my toys for what I told her I paid for them
Hawaiilad
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#2 posted 12-18-2015 10:46 PM
What a great looking table…love the wood. I picked up a couple slabs of Monkey Pod this week (not as large as what you used) to turn into some boxes and such.
-- Larry in Hawaii,
pottz
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#3 posted 12-18-2015 10:58 PM
that is one gorgeous table great job that wood is incredible
-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
Mean_Dean
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#4 posted 12-19-2015 01:03 AM
Now that’s a slab….....!
That’s a beautiful trestle table—I’m sure the client is going to love it!
-- Dean -- "Don't give up the ship -- fight her 'till she sinks!" Capt James Lawrence USN
BurlyBob
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#5 posted 12-19-2015 02:27 AM
That slab and table are incredible. Just fantastic. Your little Vanna White is delightful.
Spaltedcherry
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#6 posted 12-19-2015 02:45 AM
Just stunning, excellent work, I’d like my shop to be a clean as yours but work in progress !
-- Gotta love wood !
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#7 posted 12-19-2015 03:20 AM
Feel blessed to be able to work with beautiful like that and your finished work adds more beauty to it. nice work.
-- Brian - Hazelton, British Columbia
Monte Pittman
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#8 posted 12-19-2015 04:07 AM
Very impressive indeed.
-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.
DonB
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#9 posted 12-19-2015 11:09 AM
Beautiful wood. Takes Teak Oil very well. Must weigh a ton, but its really majestic. Thanks for sharing such a nice piece.
-- DonB
JoeinGa
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#10 posted 12-19-2015 01:02 PM
A few observations …
1. That table is GEORGEOUS !
2. Your shop is WAY too clean man!
3. When I saw the picture and “Monkey Pod” I thought “What an odd nickname for such a pretty girl” !! :-)
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helluvawreck
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#11 posted 12-19-2015 01:39 PM
What a beautiful table and so nicely done. The wood is wonderful.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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oldrivers
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#12 posted 12-19-2015 01:46 PM
Outstanding!
-- Soli Deo gloria!
david38
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#13 posted 12-19-2015 02:50 PM
beautiful work
Gixxerjoe04
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#14 posted 12-19-2015 04:08 PM
That is really nice work. I have some slabs I need to flatten, just don’t have a surface big enough that I know is actually flat to be a good reference surface.
Vicki
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#15 posted 12-19-2015 04:54 PM
That is a beautiful table. Well worth that nice hunk of wood. I love all your flowing lines.
-- Vicki on the Eastern Shore of MD
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