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After sitting a while in my shop I decided to make a piece of myrtlewood into a table. It turned out that the challenge was to make the base consistent with the finished piece of wood. My wife suggested I just buy some of those cheap pre-made legs, you know, the ones you match up with a cheap wood door for a quick and dirty desk.
A bit insulted, I set out to do something a bit more challenging, something sturdy and conceptually different. So, I set out to fab some steel legs. Using 3/8" thick material turned out to require some bending with a quick jig.
Next, I added some scrounged metal pieces to form the attaching plates.
Then, to make things interesting, I added a couple of 3/16" metal disks through slots I milled into the legs and attached the legs to the myrtlewood that I had cut, sanded, and finished with three coats of catalyzed urethane clear.
The finished table features the live edges of the myrtlewood and the beautiful grain. Not much I could add here.
A bit insulted, I set out to do something a bit more challenging, something sturdy and conceptually different. So, I set out to fab some steel legs. Using 3/8" thick material turned out to require some bending with a quick jig.
Next, I added some scrounged metal pieces to form the attaching plates.
Then, to make things interesting, I added a couple of 3/16" metal disks through slots I milled into the legs and attached the legs to the myrtlewood that I had cut, sanded, and finished with three coats of catalyzed urethane clear.
The finished table features the live edges of the myrtlewood and the beautiful grain. Not much I could add here.
