Joe's Table
Joe, a good friend and colleague, retired this month. He has very good taste and is a bit discriminating, so I was at a loss as to what to make him. After a lot of Pinterest surfing, I came across a picture of hall table made primarily from whiskey barrel staves. I had made several things with staves before, but they were simpler - staves have absolutely no straight lines on them, making it hard to build larger, level projects. I gave it a shot anyway and was very pleased with the result:
I started with the top. The two curved sides are staves and the straight ends are quarter-sawn oak. The boards are from some hickory I found at a local lumber mill.
It is level despite the slant of the picture :)
Most everyone signed the underside of the top - Joe is checking it out
Joe has a summer house on Lake Michigan and he found the perfect place for the table
I also made a few serving trays with the left over staves:
This was a large tray that I made for a colleague
This one is much smaller, maybe 1/2 the size of the first
I have also been busy making candle holders, a fun project that looks cool:
I also made a few serving trays with the left over staves:
This was a large tray that I made for a colleague
This one is much smaller, maybe 1/2 the size of the first
I have also been busy making candle holders, a fun project that looks cool:
