Coffee Table

Wonkey, member

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Primary wood is mahogany with the center board being cocobolo.  The rest is rosewood.  The design was created to accent the curves in the ribboned mahogany, and the sight lines combine with one end slightly smaller than the other to give it an interesting perspective change when viewed from the correct angle.

Works well as a drag race strip for matchbox cars and landing strip for model airplanes as well.  And it apparently holds the weight of a couple large jumping toddlers with no issue.  Which wasn’t part of the design, but it appears that a low coffee table invites this sort of durability testing.

Finish is wipe-on polyurethane. And crayola.

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ArneO writes: Hi, funny, I also thought you shaped them to match perfectly.
Especially because I did that myself by building a large dining table with a stunning piece of oak and perfectly matched maple.

Check http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/3504/oak-and-maple-table-with-extraordinary-tabletop

Cheers,
Arne
Posted: 9:08 am on April 11th

Wonkey writes: Thanks MV. The heartwood of cocobolo is the very dark chestnut color, but the sapwood is nearly the same tone as the mahogany. If you look closely you'll see that the sapwood has a straight edge where it's joined to the mahogany, so the organic curve is actually organic.

I actually get that same question often when people see it in real life. Once you see the sapwood it's pretty obvious, but the curvilinear contrast is surprisingly intense and it takes your attention away from the joint.

Posted: 11:22 am on April 8th

mvdavis007 writes: The table is beautiful. How did you shape the cocobolo and mahoghany to match perfectly for the top?
Posted: 11:22 pm on April 7th

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