Thread: Maple and Holly Table

Hi All,

Got my hands on a piece of maple which had a strip of holly laminated on top.
As I have always been an admirer of quality marine interior joinery I decided to have a go at making a new dinette table for my boat.

I ripped the maple into strips which ended up being 53mm wide and 4mm thick.

The base of the table consists of a 19mm and a 9mm pieces of marine ply glued together for strength. I then glued the strips of maple/holly on top leaving a small overhang which was trimmed off with the router.

For the border I bought some quarter sawn teak which ended up at 60mm by 28mm after dressing. To make the rounded corners I had to glue two pieces together to get the required thickness,cut them out with the bandsaw and painstakingly match them to the rounded corners of the table. I cut and glued plugs to hide the screws. I then rounded off the the top and bottom edges with the router.

The whole project was glued up with a two part epoxy glue.

The picture shows the table before and after the first coat of clear. Because of the environment the table will be finished with 6 coats of a two part varnish.