Modern Italian table

[Steve Maskery]

My friend Francesco has made this video of a modern coffee table in padauk. It's all in Italian, but once the talking is over it is worth watching for the techniques (well, most of them...). I think it is beautiful. He says it is the most challenging piece he's ever made. I'm not surprised.

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[MikeG.]

Excellent, Steve. Not really my cup of tea, but the work looked great. He needs to sort that guard on his planer!!

 

[Steve Maskery]

You are absolutely right, Mike, though my bigger worry was the tablesaw (cue the pushsticks). But a magnificent project. I could not hope to deliver that.

 

[scooby]

Thank you Steve, I enjoyed watching that and the work was excellent. I have to say, I was impressed with the mechanical joint using the threaded insert at the 10 minute mark. That was some accurate drilling.

As a side note, noticed a Gof1600 router with a trouble free plunge base.

 

[Lons]

Thanks Steve I enjoyed that very much, had to turn the sound off though cos it's in some alien lingo. :lol:

Do you know how many hours were invested in the table?

 

[Steve Maskery]

Francesco says it is 130 hours of work. If you have any questions he will be happy to answer them (in English!) in the YouTube comments.