Karn3 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Just finished this project for some clients. It was very fiddly and a terror to get flat and level, but well worth it in the end. They were very pleased with it, and so am I! They are going to get a piece of glass to top it with.http://imgur.com/a/fcBr7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpankySmith Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 NICE WORK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSW Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Nice. I like the joinery. I've been thinking about what sort of project to do for my class coming up in July. This gives me some interesting ideas in joinery to mull over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Great job really like the design, How are you going to treat it for rust prevention? Only thing is I would hate to stub my toe on those feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Karn, beautiful work. I know what you mean about getting it all level for glass. I once made a table for my daughter that the glass set down in a frame. I made the mistake of making the table then getting the glass. I had to take the table to a glass company and have it custon cut to fit the corners and irregular sides. $$$ Luckily I knew a guy that worked there. I will buy the glass first next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel S Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Excellent looking table, great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roastbeef Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Fantastic work, nicely finished, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 How is the glass going to sit on the top with the rivets? Clear rubber cushions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Looks good, nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 As BIGGUN suggests they'll need silicon buttons to cushion the glass. Probably their glass guys will take care of that! The rivets are not an issue... It would need cushions in ANY case! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 (edited) I like felt to cushion between steel and table top but whatever is chosen will have issues. It's a risk assessment issue. This is a table I made for the orthopedic surgeon who's done such a good job sawing my bones the only times I've broken a bone. First was a shattered left elbow and second was a shattered right ankle after the great white birch attack.Dr. Duddy presented me with this piece of polished marble and asked for a side table for his office. The legs are cable twisted, the stretchers are mortice and tenon joined to the legs. The top steel that contacts the stone is flat strip stock welded to the legs for uniformity and the table top is cushioned on felt. This table sits in a corner in the waiting room between comfy chairs. The marble was given to him by another patient, the nurse said he was really pleased with what I'd done with it.I didn't get a pic but there is a magazine shelf that rests on the stretchers. And no I didn't make more than token $ on this table. Dr. Duddy returned the 9 fragments and a handfull of rubble I'd made of my left arm and elbow to nearly 100% functioning and pain free. De Sawbones deserved a heck of a discount. Were I to do this again I'd see how a reverse twist with the stretcher mortices as center would look.Frosty The Lucky. Edited June 24, 2015 by Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 (edited) I once sent a glass topped table to an exhibition. On the trip the carriers managed to lose two of the three rubber sticks which sat in Ø1/4" holes. The work-around with materials to hand was a rolled up strip off a business card. The exhibition was Friedrichshaven in 1987. They are still in the table. Might help someone!Alan Edited June 25, 2015 by Alan Evans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Those silicone 'buttons' look well skdk. Semi knock down kit. What we use on hotel projects is a small hole drilled vertically into the metal and a small piece of "o'ring" rubber pushed into the hole after it has been "lubed" with cyanoacrilate (superglue) o'ring rubber is available in quite a few colours(for differing applications) you then trim the "plug" with a craft knife this also gives some "adjustment" too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old South Creations Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunterbow Smithy Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Looks fantastic! The elements of traditional joinery that you used gives a very modern piece a feel of old world craftsmanship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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