Thanks iab for the interest.
Finger pull is walnut lathed and drilled out. I really wanted to place them in from the rear of the sliding door so give a inlay appearance but decided on this way in the end.
The sides being the way they are is fairly standard practice for me anyway.
the slides are in coloured flexible poly tracks and the actual runners are adjustable inserts. Makes a very smooth free moving door.
Recent coffee table I designed:
Walnut / Clear glass
Maple / Smoked glass
The bolt in the center holds the piece together, and steel dowels act as spacers.
I designed it to be as minimal in parts and waste as possible. And it’s totally collapsible, even if you live in a small apartment like me.
I still haven’t really figured out how to strengthen the joinery yet. I’ve only tested it to about 170lbs, and generally furniture of this type should hold 200lbs easily. I think a simple powder coated sheet metal bracket could complement the design, but I’m still working out the best way to strengthen it, without making the simple functional design more complicated.
I’m definitely not much of a furniture designer (even though I do love it), but during my A levels I designed and built this pool table in around 6 weeks using the school workshop whilst studying. I was 17-18 at the time and unfortunately these are the only decent photos I’ve got, it now sits under a tarp in the back of my garage . Its solid English oak and chromed steel.
Love all of the great furniture on here. This is a stool I created a while ago out of palate wood and inner tubes.
I made dozens of the small cuts in the wood, this allowed it is able to bend and rest on itself and was surprisingly strong (not invincible) bending in one direction but very easy to snap in the other. Because of this you could lie it down flat or slouch it over and use it as a stool or coffee table.
Although yes it broke in the end I think with a bit of experimenting with better woods and not knotted palate wood I could get it to be much stronger.
Thanks for sharing all of your work guys, it’s very inspiring.
I’ve never shared any of my work before, but I figured that this would be as good a place as any. This is a sort of “modular credenza” that I designed and built. It’s made of 3/4" ApplePly veneered in Cherry. Sorry for the fuzziness of the photo that displays the interior, it’s the best I have.