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Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

author-gravatar CanadianCarpenter Apr 03, 2016

This is a little table I made with scrap cottonwood and leftover cutoffs of metal spindles.  I work finishing railings and fireplace mantles and I try to keep most of my scraps for fun little side projects.  Total time in this project was about 6 hours.  The finish coat is minwax spray semi gloss.  I used epoxy, pl premium, and wood glue to put it together.  Thanks for viewing.

Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

Some outdoor pics for better light

Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap
Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

The grain looks great!

Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap
Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap
Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

Interior pics

Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

Dog photo bomb.   Thanks for viewing! 

Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

My scrap pile for this project.  Cottonwood scraps and metal spindle scraps

Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

Trying different layout combinations for the legs.

Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

Getting some ideas

Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap
Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

Built shims to hold the wood in place.  I think I found my design here. 

Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

Set my main legs into the top for more support.

Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

Starting to set in my cross supports.

Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

Unfortunately got carried away with building and not taking pictures.  This is what I came out with.

Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

I was un sure about the stability and balance so I added another set of upright metal supports to the back.

Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

Dry fitting and upright

Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

Glueing the table up.

Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

Glue is dry and my helpers gave it a true stability test!

Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

Taping off the metal getting it ready for the finish coat

Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

First coat of poly on.  The grain  really pops out now.

Photo of Cottonwood Table Made From Scrap

Upright view.  Final pic of the build.

1 comment

Wow that lumber is stunning! Nice table! Thanks for sharing

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