Elegant and I'm thinking it took a couple of hours to build. It will be an heirloom.

 

Nicely done, he should like that and everyone else will wish you had drawn their name.

 

WOW that’s a treat to look at Bryan.

 

Thank you Ross.

 

Wow, great table.

 

That is an amazing piece! Thanks for including the underside. What materials did you use?

 

Hi Tom,
A few years ago tree trimmers were cutting down a walnut tree next door and I asked them for a slice. That slice leaned up against my house on the back porch so long it was starting to get fragile and I knew it needed no be used.
I built a flattening jig, flattened it then I used mahogany for the bow ties on the top side and maple on the bottom. Then I fractal burned the area where there was sap wood that bordered the nicer walnut. Then I mixed some deep pour epoxy for the perimeter blue and the burned out places, then once the epoxy cured for about a week I used top coat epoxy and that really made all the colors look nice.
The hairpin legs came from Rockler.
On this project I really did a few things I’ve never done before like making and inlaying the bow ties, building an irregular shaped mold as well as the epoxy work. It took a look of time but I enjoy learning new things and building stuff.
I know this table is a little different and won’t be everyone’s cup of tea but it still turned out nice, and my daughter thinks her boyfriend will like it. That’s good because he’s taking it.

 

Wow What a job you did. Amazing!

 

Thanks dayzman.

 

Your project has gotten some mighty nice reactions. I hope the recipient appreciates it.

 

He most certainly does. There are some very nice people on here.

 

Outstanding table. I'm sure it will be valued for years to come. BTW, how do you keep your shop so clean? I didn't see one chip or pile of sawdust.

 

Thank you John, I read what you wrote about keeping my shop clean to my wife and she says the dust is all up here in the house. She’s right! My shop is in a basement garage and I do try to vacuum up often but this table I used a flattening jig twice and it makes such a mess there’s no way to stop it.

 

I think a flattening jig is an outdoor toy. Do you have dust collection with a cyclone chip collector? I have a dust collector in both my shop areas. The one in the shop is in a small chamber outside the shop with a cyclone and a 1 micron filter. There is another filter for the return air so the shop heat/AC is recycled. I found a tube to go through the wall to the chamber. It really helps. The garage DC goes outside because it only has a 5 micron filter bag. I can pull my tools out and run a 7 meter hose from DC to tool. The planer spits out fluffy chips, the jointer is more dusty, but both machines are terrible dust makers.

 

Good information on the your dust collection system Tom. I don’t have a system yet and do plan on coming up with one in time but, I do use a dust deputy with my shop vac plus three fans with pleated furnace filters. Still, I know it’s not enough and I’ll have to do something eventually though room is an issue.
If you’ll recall, I built a big detached garage with one end to be my wood shop but that end for now, while the grand kids are young, has became a recreation room. Plus I still haven’t put in a heating system but my wife and I were just talking about going ahead and putting in a system. I’ll need to learn how to design a system first. Menards has hydronic radiant floor systems kind of plug and play but I still need to select a boiler.
I put PEX tubing in the concrete floor and have a couple of manifolds already in place but I still need to buy a system to finish.
Back to the DC, for now, and since I basically just build a project at Christmas time, I limp along with what I’ve got. I would love to see how much better a DC works. Thanks for your suggestions.

 

I'm sure it will be valued for years to come. BTW, how do you keep your shop so clean?

 

jorziredy, I do a lot of vacuuming.

 

Very nice, Bryan and the finish you got looks amazing.

 

Thank you Paul.

 

I mentioned it earlier in this thread about my detached garage that instead of making one end my wood shop, it’s a part time recreation center. It’s a pickleball court. The lines on the floor are tape and the net is on wheels.
We can pull our cars out, put the net in place and then my family can play. It also is a Christmas surprise. We will be celebrating on New Year’s Eve.

 

I was responsible for getting gifts for my coworkers last year and found a corporate gifts supplier singapore that had a bunch of useful and unique stuff. They did custom engraving too, which looked great without going overboard. Most of the items were practical, like tools or kitchen bits, which people actually used instead of just stashing in a drawer. Prices were decent, and they handled bulk orders pretty smoothly.

 

Welcome to the forum @Itchycomp.

To which post are your responding? Your reply had me confused.

 

Welcome to the forum @Itchycomp

 

Glad you jumped in @Itchycomp.

 

Beautifully done . Can’t imagine the amount of work involved