Carving a Coffee Table

I have made a . The top is made from red alder. The legs are made from maple. I connected the legs to the leading with a radial joint similar to the joint I use to put my carvers mallets together. I cut the joint on both the top of the legs and the underside of the table on the machine and after that glued the 2 pieces together. As soon as everything was set, I sculpted the legs and the bottom of the table to expose the joint. This also gives the legs and underside of the table a very curvy natural feel. This kind contrasts the extremely rectilinear top. The legs splay out at a minor angle. I think this gives the table a more dynamic form.

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0:00 (introduction).
1:10 (legs).
4:10 (top).
8:50 (leg turning).
11:05 (underside of top).
14:40 (attaching).
16:07 (carving).
19:34 (completing).

Carving a

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24 Comments

  1. What a great treat for a Sunday morning, thanks Frank. My wife and the cats and I are watching it right now!

    1. Very nice, that looked like a lot of work but cool geometry in the joint reveal. One of our cats noticed your cat!

  2. I LOVED the little sketch animations 😀 Those were really precious, I kept rewinding to watch again 😀 I hope you do more like that!
    Once again you’ve bought a beautiful visual style to all aspects of your work 🙂

  3. Beautiful, Frank. That was a lot of work that most people don’t recognize. You’re still the master.
    Bill

  4. Never even considered the easy way. You always make something that no one else can. Excellent 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  5. Just watching that alder get milled down to useable wood did it for me. That transition is always so fun to watch.

  6. Hey Frank, I recommend checking out the Stumpy Nubs video on these “carving discs.” I definitely agree with him that these are pretty dangerous to use, even if they are really effective at quickly carving away material. Would love to see you do more carving videos but with other tools or techniques. Stay safe!

  7. always enjoy your videos Frank. I love the way the joints are visible. An idea perhaps is to make the same joints halfway up the legs also to have 2 views of the cool joints

  8. Another amazing video. If you were to do something like this again, perhaps having the joint of one of the legs poke through to the top might look really cool. Or doing an inlay to give some more life to the top to mirror the bottom?

  9. Thank you for sharing your creativity with us! Personal question: Have you found making videos and narrating them has helped with your speaking issues? Just wondering because your presentation in front of the camera is flawless.

  10. Really beautiful work, Frank! It turned out fantastic! 😃
    Stay safe there with your family! Cats included, always! 🖖😊

  11. First off, Frank has forgotten more about woodworking than I will ever know. Now, I thought you don’t make a table top out of a slad because it will warp and twist over time. Does this work because the wood is so well dried out that its warping days are over?

  12. The graphics you use in your videos are always great – but the graphics in this video really shows a new level. Brilliant video and result.

  13. That turned out great. These types of joints would work well for a plant stand. A joint at the top and another at the base using contrasting species of wood would really stand out. Or, just use one species of wood and stain only the top and base before glue up.

  14. You are very creative, especially that you always record (and it goes up) when you fold up the table on the CNC machine. Thank you for always taking us with you.

  15. Nice project as usual. If there’s something about this channel is that if you ever watched one of its videos and liked it, it’s unlikely to be disappointed by any other video.

    Now, about this, I have a question and it is why not using the CNC to do the carving prior to gluing the legs?

  16. Frank, thanks for all your great content!
    I really appreciate your integration of the CNC with standard and hand woodworking. It’s great to see your tilting table really shine 👍🏼
    🍻

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