[Project 39] Modern coffee table - I need your help
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AlexThePalex
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That's a very good looking table, Matt. I like the design with the two layers, the curved supports and the top with the contrasting edges. Very well executed and everything in the right proportions.
I think you're quite talented as a furniture maker. I remember when you first stumbled upon this forum you had a lot of questions and hardly knew anything and you grew very fast in a short time and now you just pour out one project after another. They say talent is 5% inspiration and 95% transpiration, and you've got those well under control.
Only piece of constructive criticism I might give is that the legs might have used a bit more outwards slope along the long side of the table, to give the design a bit more dynamic.
I think you're quite talented as a furniture maker. I remember when you first stumbled upon this forum you had a lot of questions and hardly knew anything and you grew very fast in a short time and now you just pour out one project after another. They say talent is 5% inspiration and 95% transpiration, and you've got those well under control.
Only piece of constructive criticism I might give is that the legs might have used a bit more outwards slope along the long side of the table, to give the design a bit more dynamic.
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[member=72399]CeeJay[/member] thank you!
[member=5277]Alex[/member] thanks so much man, really appreciate that. I have certainly grown. This forum is a wealth of information. 100% consider myself a complete beginning (terrible at wood movement and joinery and understanding that to the extent that I need to). I really appreciate your kind words. I think the more you make the more you learn.
With regard to the legs yeah that makes perfect sense. It's a bit hard to see in the photographs but, the top of the table is 36" long and the bottom shelf part is 32" long. The legs are angled and sized so that they extend exactly to the 36" mark. if that makes any sense?
Let me try to attach a picture from Fusion 360 - the idea was that they do not extend beyond the footprint of the top of the table top if you're looking at it from exactly the top down if that makes any sense?
I agree though steeper angles may make it look pretty nifty!
Matt
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[member=5277]Alex[/member] thanks so much man, really appreciate that. I have certainly grown. This forum is a wealth of information. 100% consider myself a complete beginning (terrible at wood movement and joinery and understanding that to the extent that I need to). I really appreciate your kind words. I think the more you make the more you learn.
With regard to the legs yeah that makes perfect sense. It's a bit hard to see in the photographs but, the top of the table is 36" long and the bottom shelf part is 32" long. The legs are angled and sized so that they extend exactly to the 36" mark. if that makes any sense?
Let me try to attach a picture from Fusion 360 - the idea was that they do not extend beyond the footprint of the top of the table top if you're looking at it from exactly the top down if that makes any sense?
I agree though steeper angles may make it look pretty nifty!
Matt
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