A Spiral Table

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Been asked to do a spiral type table, any thoughts
have drawn these on fusion, can't think what to do in the middle

supposed to be ready for xmas (they can't mean this one coming can they?)

my wife says the one on the right looks like a spider, and I think the one on the left looks like a jet engine (its for an enviromentalist, they won't want a jet engine?)

 

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They remind me of a Viking war board.

Perhaps you could fit a central boss with a solar sigil?
Or, depending on the dimensions of the table, a 'lazy Susan' could be set to spin in the center, like a table in a Chinese restaurant.

 

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aye, I don't want it to look like a shield

I asked GBT for a design

Yeah right - I'm going to make something with such poor legs - I think not - I like a shapely leg

Seriously though I don't think Ai has knocked many nails in let understands what wood grain looks like

 

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A cut-off piece with the natural wood grain would look good...

like this circular pattern.

 

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or this...

 

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A central column always looks apt, but it depends on the dimensions.

 

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Been asked to do a spiral type table, any thoughts
have drawn these on fusion, can't think what to do in the middle
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supposed to be ready for xmas (they can't mean this one coming can they?)

my wife says the one on the right looks like a spider, and I think the one on the left looks like a jet engine (its for an enviromentalist, they won't want a jet engine?)

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A cut-off piece with the natural wood grain would look good...

like this circular pattern.

I have thought of doing something like that with pitch Pine i love the two tone grain it has, don't know if it would look a bit too much - I have a big plank of douglous fir I got out of the river a few yeas back, that might work

 

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anyways, back to this table, I have a warped bit of (probably mahogany), cut it in half, joined it back together and levelled it off so as its true

have a slightly different design now (although not sure what to do in the middle)

using beech for the light colour, although the grain could have been nicer (but I only have what I have found rescued or been given

So I am gluing these bits on first, then the first hard bit, inlaying a dark wood between them

 

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really really nice job so far bet your pleased

assuming 12mm ply i would cut them in pairs [2 thicknesses at a time] with second one different side or area off the board to allow mix and match for extra choice and off course the possibility off another table iff nothing goes wrong

 

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really really nice job so far bet your pleased

assuming 12mm ply i would cut them in pairs [2 thicknesses at a time] with second one different side or area off the board to allow mix and match for extra choice and off course the possibility off another table iff nothing goes wrong

Not really , like all these things they never go according to plan - the Beech that I am gluing on top is 3mm thick, and as soon as I applied the PVA it starts to warp, which has made getting it to stick where I wanted to rather awkward - I could have screamed at it, never seen wood do that so quickly, within 15 seconds it was wanting to go banana shape

 

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ahh ok 3mm thick[1/8 inch] its quite thick for veneer usually about 30% that thickness
i wonder iff it was roll cut as in from a round log meaning it has open grain on one surface compared to the other as cut like a swiss roll ??

actually looking at your picture the grain is massively long so indeed roll cut hence why i though it was ply as its 10x plus longer between growth rings that you will get with rolled veneers compared to sliced

 

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So far, so good. Have you thought how to boss the center yet?