Coffee table

Coffee table build for my son. I only had 3 boards of Cherry that were 8 feet long 8 inches wide and 6/4 thick. So the challenge was on and in order to max the amount of stock that I had, I made it so all of the wood grain is going in the same direction. So no worry about wood movement and I can secure the top to the base. I had some Mahogany (not much) but I managed to inlay a half inch by half inch strip along the table top. I will say that it was more of a challenge to bend the wood inlay to fit the cut out than it was to build the table.
I put one coat of shellac and 5 coats of tung oil.

I will have to bring it to his apt in Montreal next weekend and I’m sure that he will like it. by the way it is from floor to top of table top only 20 inches tall. Bottom board is a solid chunk of cherry that is 3” x 4” and 3 feet long.

I tried to put in a shelf under the table top but it did not look nice. I also kept the same oval shape on the table legs as on the table top.

Good or bad, need feed back on what I could have done differently as this is a prototype. I did try to use my jointer for the edges of the table top but I find it much easier doing it by hand plane. It is sad to say that I was a power tool junky but now I enjoy more of the hand tools when building special items.

Dims: 4 feet long 2 feet wide and 20 inches tall all from Cherry.

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