David Vize, Coffee Table (TABLES, CHAIRS, DESKS 2021 )

This table is only the second coffee table I have ever made, the other was 20 years ago and I suspect fell apart quickly. Based heavily by a magazine article "Limbert Inspired Coffee Table" in Fine Woodworking magazine, I used locally sourced timber (Qld Maple or possibly silkwood) rather than USA white oak, and finished with Livos countertop oil. A gift for a friend who told me one day he was due for a new coffee table, this took about six months to get made, something of a record for me. Now in about my third year of adult woodworking, I am enjoying the process and learning heaps. Many thanks to my partner for her patience and my friend Isaac who inspired me to start working with wood.

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