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Keith J
27th July 2005, 01:38 AM
Hi, I've been looking at this site for a while and have been impressed with the genuine regard that members have for each other and the encouragement and help offered to anyone that asks. I've picked up some very useful tips and plan to visit often.
I've read a few posts about curved construction and contrasting timbers and thought this table I made a few years ago might be of interest to someone.
The timbers are Koto (African ash) and quarter sawn Silky oak.

Keith J
27th July 2005, 01:52 AM
How do you attach larger photos?

Woodster
27th July 2005, 06:16 AM
Luverly work. I just wish i could hehe ;)

Rocker
27th July 2005, 07:37 AM
Keith,

That is a very impressive piece. Are the curves elliptical arcs? Could you tell us how you laid them out, how you made the curved aprons, and how you joined them to the legs?

Rocker

Simomatra
27th July 2005, 09:42 AM
Welcome to the forum Keith.

Terrific work like the contrast and the curves.

Look forward to your next post

AlexS
27th July 2005, 01:27 PM
Wow, great work. Same questions as Rocker.

Clinton1
27th July 2005, 04:57 PM
Great stuff

zenwood
27th July 2005, 05:34 PM
How do you attach larger photos? Wowzers! That's an impressive table.http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon14.gif Good enough for the UN Security Council:D

Please give us some details on construction??

This post

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showpost.php?p=176977&postcount=3

talks a bit about uploading good photos. 600 to 800 pixels along a side and a bit of jpeg compression seems the way to go. jpegcompress is some freeware that'll apply variable compression to big (lots of pixels) photos to get you within the 100k limit.

Oh, and welcome to the forum. Like you, I've found it to be a wealth of useful info, and good company. See

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=18631

for warm and fuzzies...

silentC
27th July 2005, 05:58 PM
That is very fine work.

jacko
27th July 2005, 06:35 PM
Love the work, look forward to hearing some of the construction details. Welcome to the board. great choice of timbers.
Jacko

Peter36
27th July 2005, 08:44 PM
A very professional job keith . Also interested in the construction . Is the top veneered board with a solid Koto edge and how many pieces was the top . Bit difficult to get through the door otherwise :D

Peter

Harry72
27th July 2005, 11:10 PM
Wow Keith, thats some awsome work!

journeyman Mick
27th July 2005, 11:30 PM
Keith,
that's seriously nice work!

Mick

Keith J
28th July 2005, 12:36 AM
I wasn’t into digital photography when I built the table so I’ll have to take photos of photos, they should be clear enough to get the general idea.
The table is elliptical and constructed out of solid timber except for the drawer bottoms and the internal apron which has a timber frame with bending ply on both sides and finish with 2mm Silver Ash ply.
The Koto edge is 35mm thick and the Silky Oak is 23mm thick,
I drew a plan of the table full size on a 18mm craftwood floor made for the job then with a giant size version of this type jig made to take my large Makita router

http://www.woodzone.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=828067&Category_Code=MM

I cut the template that would be used to shape all of the pieces.
The internal apron is part of the framework between the legs and is self supporting with a drawer in the middle of the external apron. The frames are screwed to the legs with 6mm bolts and locating dowels.
The top is assembled after the base and slid into position with a join above the legs and like all good tables, the top is connected to allow for movement.
The photos should explain some of the process. I'm still experimenting with compresion so bare with me.

Harry72
28th July 2005, 12:45 AM
Now thats what I call a circle cutting jig, huge!

Keith J
28th July 2005, 01:09 AM
Try again.

Keith J
28th July 2005, 01:11 AM
Looks like one at a time for now.

Keith J
28th July 2005, 01:14 AM
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Keith J
28th July 2005, 01:15 AM
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Keith J
28th July 2005, 01:17 AM
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Keith J
28th July 2005, 01:20 AM
Last one for tonight.

ryanarcher
28th July 2005, 05:45 AM
Wow! i'm totally impressed Keith! welcome, and thanks very much for sharing.

Keith J
29th July 2005, 01:16 AM
Link to photo allbum. At least I'm learning something about posting photosimages/icons/icon7.gif

http://photobucket.com/albums/v623/longbow1/?

Keith J
29th July 2005, 01:36 AM
Another trial

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/longbow1/compres35mmcopys0014.jpg

junkboy999
29th July 2005, 10:18 AM
Great Job Keith


I love the legs, thay look like little wings. I hope thay never have to move to a new building :)

Photobucket sure makes posting easy. My poor websight was full so I slowing moving Pic and there links to photobucket :)

Stuart
29th July 2005, 01:26 PM
Very nice - the cross section's impressive!

Re photos- the best way (in summary) is to have them hosted on another site, then use the
http://photos1.blogger.com/img/28/5554/320/SNAG-00401.jpg Insert Image button to place it into the body of the text.

This will ask you for the URL of where the image is stored
http://photos1.blogger.com/img/28/5554/320/SNAG-0041.jpg

I find this is by far the best way to get the image into the post!

MajorPanic
29th July 2005, 06:24 PM
Fantastic work Keith !!!!!

How long did the project take to complete & how many of you worked on it??

Andy Mac
29th July 2005, 06:55 PM
Very nice work Keith! I take it you designed and constructed the whole thing. Was it a tender situation, submitting designs to Council etc? Do you make a living from such work?
Regards,

Auld Bassoon
29th July 2005, 07:30 PM
Keith,

Like everyone before on this thred, I'm really impressed with that fantastic table.

Methinks that there'll be many of us coming to you for advice!

Thanks for posting that, and all of the detailed pics

Cheers!

Driver
29th July 2005, 07:35 PM
Sensational!

That's great work, Keith. Very impressive design - extremely well executed. Welcome to the BB. I think we all look forward to learning from you!

Keith J
3rd August 2005, 01:09 AM
Thanks for the kind words, sorry for the late reply I've been away and came home with a dose of the flu so I am just catching up.
junkboy: I don't think they have any plans to move but the table breaks down into pieces that one man can carry. Solid timber usually isn’t as heavy as chipboard or craftwood. <o =""></o>

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Stuart_lees: Where is the img button?<o =""></o>

MajorPanic: The table took seven weeks from rough sawn to installation and at that time I employed a labourer who had been working for me for a few years and was very capable, so it was just the two of us. <o =""></o>

Andy Mac: It was a tender situation and yes I designed the table in conjunction with the architect employed to oversee the renovations of the council building. <o =""></o>

New custom furniture and repair and restoration is what I’ve mostly been doing for a living for 34 years.<o =""></o>

Auld Bassoon and Driver: If I can help in any way I’m more than happy. Knowledge is always a big help and I know that most people underestimate themselves in that department but in the end I think it’s a combination of knowledge, skill, research, available resources (tools, machinery etc), imagination and enthusiasmimages/icons/icon7.gif