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Elm Side Table
Oct 22, 2008
Elm Side Table
Awhile back I picked up a beautiful slab of Red Elm from Horizon Wood Products in Northern PA. The board had a great hour-glass grain pattern that I intended to showcase on the top of this table. Well, after a few ill advised cuts I had to change my plans. Instead I built a piece that highlights some nice rift grain.
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Sculler:
Thanks for the kind words. The bread board ends on this piece are floating. I just pinned them from below. I didnt’ want the contrast of the of the dowels’ endgrain visable on the table’s surface. If you peeked at the ends from below you would see the dowels. I think the dimensions of the piece are something like 16″ x 30″ x 56″.
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Some mistakes lead to good things!
Hi Kevin, Sorry, I have to make a shameless plug for one of our videos. You mention Horizon Wood Products and one of our editors, Anissa Kapsales, took a video tour of the place.
Check out the videos:
http://www.taunton.com/finewoodworking/Materials/MaterialsArticle.aspx?id=30447
-Gina, FineWoodworking.com
Absolutely Gorgeous!
Great looking table!, the Elm works well with the design, keep up the good work.
Kevin,
Very nice work! I plan to build a hall table and am pondering the breadboard joint. You appear to have fixed the breadbord ends with no float. What are the dimensions? I am thinking that my 15" wide table will not need one either.
Ken
I have some elm which I bought some 4 years ago from a guy who had it stored in an out building for ~30 years. I have never milled or used elm and I would like to get some tips on how to mill it I understand that the milling process can be a challenge
Tom Butler
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