Thread: Rimu Coffee table

Wow that is some gorgeous timber you've got there. Can't wait to see it finished...

Well the table body is done. The drawer body's are done, and now I am just oiling the drawer fronts, and have ordered the handles.

There are a few small imperfections, but overall it turned out quite well.

I dont understand why some of the panels have split now. The timber is quite old, and has been flat packed for quite some time. The panels have been machined and joined, and only now when I started to oil things, cracks appeared / worsened. Too late now!

I love Rimu, get to work with it everyday at work. Its the only timber I have worked with that has such a large color variation in the heart timber. Your table has some lovely colors in it. Shame it developed some cracks in it.

thet's sweet es bro!

Originally Posted by KorDes

I love Rimu, get to work with it everyday at work. Its the only timber I have worked with that has such a large color variation in the heart timber. Your table has some lovely colors in it. Shame it developed some cracks in it.

Yeah, im developing a bit of a obsession with rimu. Im collecting it at every chance.

Where do you get your timber from Kordes?

Im picking up most of mine 2nd hand, recycling it as required.
I dont like the distressed look though, so the recycling involves plugging holes, and cutting around defects!

Planks are getting hard to find, im considering getting a bandsaw so that i can do some re-sawing of easier to come by 8x2 and 10x2 beams.

Cheers
Dave

99% of my stuff in my garage I got off trademe and the rest are offcuts I get from work. Most of the stuff I have at home is demo/recycled rimu. You wouldnt believe how much new rimu is per cube. Boss pays well over $5-6000/cube for clear color. And you'd be even more shocked at some of the off cuts he throws away as we cant use those sizes.

Hello! Your coffee table is very interesting work. Beautifully and functionally. I very much like idea with boxes. A tail of a swallow in thorns it is reliable.
Rimu - never heard about this tree (wood). At us in Europe it is not present.Such furniture it is good to paint tung oil

Rimu is a native to New Zealand and is part of the podocarp family. NZ rimu stands out with its rich colors it produces from its heartwood. Theres something in the soil that rimu trees absorb that gives it these unique color variations. Rimu heartwood color can produce yellows, reds, greens, oranges, and browns while the sap wood is distinctly straw, light brown, grey in color.

Hi I was just looking at your photos and it looks as if you haven't allowed the top any room to move with the way that you have attached it to the carcass. From the photo's it looks like it is dowelled and glued. If this is the case that could certainly cause the problems with the top. Then again I might just be looking at the photos wrong.
Ben

Hi Ben

You are quite right, there is no allowance to move.
I also realised today, that i have the ends of the table with the grain running horizontaly, whilst the table top goes lengthways. So they are fighting each other during humidity changes.

Lesson learnt


Cheers
Dave