This Viewer Project comes from Stan. Its a curvy design with some incredible figure!
Here is the latest project that I finished. It is a coffee table for a corner sectional couch. The table was the result of watching David Marks’ video on curvilinear methods. The design for the table came about one Saturday morning while making coffee. We had been wanting a coffee table for our new couch, and all round, square, or rectangle tables just didn’t fit. The cone filter sparked an idea for the shape of the table, so I walked over to the couch and held the filter out in front of me. Bingo, I had a shape!
I own a copy of David Marks’ DVD on curvilinear design, and I had done some bent-wood lamination development on other projects. So I knew that I would use that technique on the outer rim of the top. The top rim is made from 17 strips of Alder wrapped around a plywood form. Used bicycle inner tubes to clamp each layer as I glued up the rm. The rest of the top is book matched quilted maple veneer in a radial pattern. I used the two ply method for gluing up the veneer so that I could center he radial pattern. The legs, made from Alder, were glued up in one step using a cable jig.
I stained the Alder a Cherry color, and then added two layers of a top coat. It was at this stage that I attached the outer rim to the veneer top. I didn’t want to take a chance of getting stain on the maple veneer. Finished with two more layers of a top coat oil. All together the table took about 150 hours.
19 Responses to “Corner Coffee Table – Viewer Project”
Absolutely stunning!!!!!
beautiful piece!
I am honestly speechless other than wow!
that is a SWEET table!!
Man that is a sweet table. Very impressive design and construction.
But… but… it’s all CURVY!
How is this even possible?
It’s curve-tacular!!
Awesome.
Wow, that’s all I can say!!!
This veneer is so beautiful I’d be afraid of putting anything on top of it. I’d get a piece of glass cut to the shape of the top just so I could use the table.
Fantastic job!
I insisted he put a glass top on the table and he is very glad he did. It’s even more beautiful in real life!
Thank you!!
The wife
i know what im going to build now thanks!!!!!
Beautiful
What an amazing piece of woodworking! Thanks for taking the time to explain how you made this piece.
I’m with the rest here. This is just absolutely stunning work. Very inspiring table!
I feel like I’ve seen the future….. this is just amazing.
Wow. Just wow.
That is an awesome design!!!
Would love to see images of how you attached the top to the legs. Wish I had the time to make one myself, but college starts again Monday.
Mister, put a velvet rope around that piece and sell tickets.
Wow, truly amazing work of art! It will sit beautifully in my future new office!