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  1. 10th January 2014, 03:53 PM #1
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    Default Coffee table - figured spotted gum and jarrah.

    These are process pics of the coffee table I made a couple of months ago.
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  3. 10th January 2014, 09:17 PM #2
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    Super looking table!! The contrasting timber colours add to the overall good looks!!
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    Beautiful table.

    That top looks awesome.

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    Spotted Gum is wonderful stuff isn't it? Great job!
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  6. 11th January 2014, 09:42 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by artme View Post
    Super looking table!! The contrasting timber colours add to the overall good looks!!
    Cheers mate,

    I spent a bit of time down at the timber yard comparing timber colours. I was lucky to find such a golden piece of spotted gum. All the rest were dark greenish or walnut coloured.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FenceFurniture View Post
    Spotted Gum is wonderful stuff isn't it? Great job!
    The spotted gum was great, it was my first time working with heavily figured timber. The blowout on the jointer was a struggle, but it came good in the end.
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    Quote Originally Posted by spokeshave View Post
    Beautiful table.

    That top looks awesome.

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  9. 11th January 2014, 06:01 PM #8
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    Very nice indeed. What exactly was the trouble you had with your jointer? You refer to a blowout.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bushmiller View Post
    Very nice indeed. What exactly was the trouble you had with your jointer? You refer to a blowout.

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    Hi Paul,
    the spotted gum was heavily figured with tight undulating grain direction. This caused a lot of blowout as I milled it over the jointer. I had to pass it through the thickness sander so many times I removed 12mm only on one face (but it was better than doing it by hand).
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  11. 14th January 2014, 10:18 PM #10
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    Could do better with the dovetails, but other than that it is a great looking table. I love the top.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FenceFurniture View Post
    Spotted Gum is wonderful stuff isn't it? Great job!
    Bretts on the money..wonderful stuff alright...the top is superb...MM
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  13. 21st January 2014, 05:51 PM #12
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    Default Beautiful work

    Just had a glimpse on the pics of coffee table. Hats off to you. Marvelous and Fabulous work.
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    Walrusarts,

    Are the leg panels only glued up on butt joins or did you use splines or mechanical fixtures.
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    Very nice work. Not hard to see your a cabinet maker.
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