Thread: Oriental influenced coffee table

Looks really nice KD and I like the design too

A question, Did you glue the sliding dovetail that holds the top on or is that the way you allow for movement in the top relative to the frame?

Rimu is beautiful wood...very hard to pick up any in Australia

Cheers,

Chipman

Good work KD. It looks very clever.

I love the sliding dovetail joins... very clever idea, and beautifully executed!

Do the bottom rails go through the uprights, or are they attached to thr outsides with dominoes (or similar)? I was just looking and wondering how on earth you managed to slide the fat or the rail end through both of the uprights!!!

cheers,
Dave

Originally Posted by Chipman

Looks really nice KD and I like the design too

A question, Did you glue the sliding dovetail that holds the top on or is that the way you allow for movement in the top relative to the frame?

Rimu is beautiful wood...very hard to pick up any in Australia

Cheers,

Chipman

I put a bit of glue in the center of the dovetail groove just enough to keep it from totally sliding off and enough to allow for movement.

Native NZ Rimu is hard to get a hold of in NZ because of all the logging laws. most of whats available is imported island rimu (podocarp). Luckily I scored a big stash of recycled heart rimu a while ago and its some of the most beautifulest rimu I have seen.

Originally Posted by Ozkaban

I love the sliding dovetail joins... very clever idea, and beautifully executed!

Do the bottom rails go through the uprights, or are they attached to thr outsides with dominoes (or similar)? I was just looking and wondering how on earth you managed to slide the fat or the rail end through both of the uprights!!!

cheers,
Dave

The bottom rails are actually 3 pieces. Cut the shallow curve in the full length and chopped 40mm where the legs are. Domino on either side of the leg for the rail and end bits.

G'day, KorDes. Podocarpus (aka yew, rimu, and a lot of other subspecies) is one of the nicest woods I've turned. Practically refuses to crack, even without end sealing. For some unknown reason, the site's Google search of [podocarpus] gets very few hits; more using the "Search" function in the Menu Bar. It's used in Florida as an ornamental tree, but takes a while to grow. A neighbour had a large one too close to the house, and I got lucky.

Joe

Very creative design and clean joinery, nice.

Wow buddy, good work. Pop in and have a chat, we are looking for some work done by a Domino to have on display in our shop? Might be a commission for you? at worst your gonna get a beer!

Plino

Very tasty work indeed sire.

Originally Posted by plino

Wow buddy, good work. Pop in and have a chat, we are looking for some work done by a Domino to have on display in our shop? Might be a commission for you? at worst your gonna get a beer!

Plino

Sweet Plino, I'll pop in on Monday when I got some spare time.

And thanks for everyones kind comments, had the design in my head for a while, glad its been well received.

Clever design and excellent execution. I like it's simple lines very much.

Originally Posted by KorDes

I put a bit of glue in the center of the dovetail groove just enough to keep it from totally sliding off and enough to allow for movement.

How did you keep the glue from spreading as you slide the top on?

Beautiful table, love the design. Clever use of domino.

Tex

The got the sliding dovetail to fit just right so I could slide it in by hand (my first attempt and I got lucky), spread a thin layer of glue in the middle of top, slid the rail on by trying to leave a small gap between the rail and top (some glue did spread but not alot) and then clamped up the center of the top where most of the glue was.

Great work KorDes. Beautiful design, build and finish.

That's beautiful, KorDes. I like the way the curve on the underside chamfer on the top matches the curve on the rail. Also, the detail in the joinery is great. This table just has its own identity. One of the nicest pieces I've seen.