A collection of different tables I have made:
Click on the photos to view the larger photos in the galleries.
Zebrano Coffee Tables on Castors:
This is a set of two rolling coffee tables veneered in Zebrano with fully extending solid oak storage drawers on both ends of each table. The drawers are opened with push latches which negated the need for any visible knobs or handles. They were made to be versatile and to be arranged in any fashion depending on the need of the moment. They are made of 3/4″ birch ply so are even strong enough to be fashioned as a temporary bed and slept on.
Twist side table in Oak:
This table is made from oak veneered birch plywood with four interlocking sections. Although made of solid flat planes, I call it a twist table because of how it looks like it has actually been twisted somehow. There are no fasteners in the table except for wood biscuits in the joints on the top and base which hold the table together. The glass which encloses the inverted pyramid on top has been tempered and heat treated which makes it extremely strong and if it ever did get broken it would shatter into tiny non lethal chunks like automobile glass instead of shards which could cut you.
Penta Twist Table in Oak:
This table is very similar to the table above but with the added challenge of adding a fifth plane. it took a lot of math and digging out my old trigonometry books to figure out the join angles. I had to make a special template on my huge sliding table saw to make the five side exactly match. But the extra head scratching and mathematical headaches I think are worth it. They would sell out as fast as I could make them.
Bamboo twist Table:
This table is another four sided twist table with the added feature of being made entirely from bamboo. bamboo plywood is a sustainable product because it is actually a grass and grows over a foot a day. It also has that added decorative edging.
“Water” Fall Coffee table:
This table was designed for a customer who wanted something unique in the living room space that I build cabinets and the mantle piece for. It is made of solid oak and 1/2″ think tempered glass. I would tell you how I made it except then I’d have to kill you. Under the table surface is storage for TV remotes and magazines.
“Water” Fall Console Table:
I built this table as an experiment after building the one above. I wanted to make a console table using the same principles as the one “Warefall” coffee table above. I put “water” in quotes because although it looks like water the way it flows over the edge of the table, again it is 1/2″ tempered glass.
Coffee Table made from Original Artwork:
I made this table for a customer who’s daughter made these painted boards that he wanted to preserve. It is made of solid oak.
Side Table in Ash: “Celebrity”
This table is made of Ash and I tried to make as few straight edges as possible. When i was making it I was thinking of a wedding cake. I called it “Celebrity” because when I think of celebrities I think of ornate over the top people with very few straight edges. Except for maybe Keanu Reeves.
Side Table in Oak with Walnut highlights:
This table is made of solid oak. It is a bog standard table that I wanted to add a little pizazz to, so I added the walnut inlays and curved bracing. It just gives it that little bit more je ne sais quoi!
Side Table in Ash: “Sea Foam”
When making this Ash side table I wanted to lighten it up a bit from the solid wood that it takes to make a table, so I cut out as much wood as I could to give it that bubbly “Sea Foam” appearance, without jeopardizing its structural integrity.
Oak Table and Stools on Castors
This table and set of stools in solid oak was designed and made on commission for a customer. She is an elderly woman who lives alone in a small house and wanted the agility to move it around very easily by herself to make space for exercising.
Extending Oak Dining Table:
This is a dining table I made of solid oak on commission for a customer. They wanted a solid oak top for the small area in the kitchen they also used for dining, but they also wanted it to extend for when they had company over. The problem (or should I say challenge) I ran into was that when making solid wood furniture you have to allow it to expand and contract with changes in temperature and humidity. I wanted the tops to always join seamlessly for years to come, so I recessed perpendicular board under the top face that i could fasten the sliders to. By recessing these perpendicular boards, they would act as stabilizers to keep the tops flat and prevent them from warping, but would also allow the tops to expand and shrink over time. And finally they gave me the perfect place to mount the wooden sliders to. I made the tops from single sections of wood joined together with biscuits so that when I cut out the center leaf it would match with the two ends perfectly. My goal was to make the seams as invisible as possible. I think from the photographs that I achieved that goal pretty successfully. You can barely see the seams.
Angular Tables in Birch Ply:
these tables I designed as an experiment when trying to work out the math and angles for the twist tables. if you look carefully you will notice that they are really just the bottom half of one of my twist tables with the center cut out to act as a magazine or TV remote holder.
