Chunky Coffee Table

NICE UNIQUE DESIGN….......................CHEERS, JIM

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!

Very unique. Would hate to have to move very often. Looks good.

-- Chris K

Hmm, did you just glue the legs up with the top? Give us a shot of the bottom!
Very cool design.

-- Pete

Here is the bottom photo that was requested. The grooves have slats of wood glued into them to increase stability. Not sure if that helps matters at all but seems like it will help the season changes.

OK, that puts it over the top. This table is hilarious. Are we being trolled?

This is one of those “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should” moments…

On the plus side, it’s always great practice!

OK, that puts it over the top. This table is hilarious. Are we being trolled?

- gargey

How so?

Well, I’m still guessing! Did you use biscuits to attach the legs? Biscuit on each flat face of the leg into the table top? Or dowels?

-- Pete

Okay, I’ll tell.

Here’s how the legs are attached. Took me awhile to come up with a stable graceful way to do it.

The table top has a 1” deep “dado” that is the same width of the leg cut in the top, side and bottom of the table. The leg itself has a C-shape carved out of it at the attach location. In essence, the wood from leg that you see on the top of the table and the side of the table is only 1” think and practically cosmetic… however this allows the table to rest on the leg with it’s entire weight with no chance of shearing a traditional joinery technique.

Cool. Good idea. I admire it when people can do something of their own design. I’m not too creative often, and just copy other’s ideas or kind of combine a lot of people’s designs into one.

-- Pete

The next questions are: how much does it weigh, and how many people are needed to move it? It has an interesting tension between the thick top and the relatively thin legs that is pleasing to the eye. Well done!