Hallway Table - African Mahogany (Jakota) and Okume

 

 

This is a hallway table I made for my Brother and his family.  I really made it for him, but they can use it too.  Unless they put like a glass of ice-water on it or something.

 

 

The legs are tapered and there is some fairly complicated jointery due to all of the angels that causes.

Each leg was made from four pieces, to provide some visual interest.

The top is a mix of Jakota and Okume.  These are African hardwoods and have a high silica content.  They sand/polish and finish well, but are hard on the cutting tools.

 

 

These pictures were taken at the Gallery One, while it was entered in some show or something.

It was in the Front Window for a time...  This lighting gives a good view of the color variations.

Construction Pictures:

Just before applying the first coat of finish.

Some details of the gaps, angles, tapers....

This is my Brother.  He had an Idea for me to make him a hallway table.

So I found an ad on Craigslist near his house.  It was like a cabinet maker going out of business that had some exotic woods.  I asked him to go see what he could get for $200.

Seriously, that is a longbed pickup.  A ton of wood for  the money, but that presented a different problem.

Staking and sorting it all

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A lot of it seemed to be mill cut-offs or even dunage.  That's fine by me.

Trying out different finishes, to see what we got.

Gluing up the first leg

Everything had to be planed and jointed.  A lot of work really, but it gave me something to do and I learned about the materials in this process.

A lot of variation in color.  Me likes.

Even stuff like this can be planed and jointed and come out looking great.  All of his fading and water staining is very superficial.

My lumber rack is now full.  Everything I make for the next ten years will likely have some of this wood in it!  But, it is good material and nearly free really.  I think it worked out to 55 cents a board foot.

Gave my jointer a workout.

Some was 16 feet in length.

Bags and bags of sawdust from my dust collection system.