Small Coffee Table

[Jim314]

The wife wanted a small coffee table to go in front of a bench in the ketchen. Of course I was there to help. Another excuse to weld :) Finished the grouting tonight.

[Jim314]

Setting in the kitchen.

[Jim314]

One more view.........

[morpheus]

nice work Jim ! what kind of feet does it have ?

[Jim314]

Originally posted by morpheus
nice work Jim ! what kind of feet does it have ?

Just pieces of 1/8" X 2" flat that I rounded the corners down with a grinder.

[bomberz1qr20]

Nice work.

I bet that can hold a very, very large cup of coffee.

[JEFF75]

great looking table.

[arcdawg]

nice job, like the tile too !!!

[john pen]

Beautiful table...have a table laid out and am experimenting with putting a twist in the legs...if it works, Ill get some pics up by the weekend...and now, after looking at yours, Im going to have to make some changes....

[Snidley]

Looks Good. How thick was the flat bar you used for the scrolls? As well as what did you finish it with?

[Jim314]

Originally posted by Snidley
Looks Good. How thick was the flat bar you used for the scrolls? As well as what did you finish it with?

Thanks for the comments guys. The flat bar was 1" X 3/16". I finished it with Rustoleum Hammered Bronze, Rustoleum auto primer for the base coat. I like the look of the thicker 3/16" compared to the 1/8".

[Franz]

I gotta keep warnin you younguns, makin heavy steel furniture with sharp corners for wimmen folk is a good way to get yer skull dented.
None of you listen though, now Jim's even makin it with more convenient heavin handles, he calls scrollwork.

[1911Man]

Nice work Jim, looks like it's gettin' to be a habit with you! That ought to keep Momma happy.

[Jim314]

Now, Now Franz, you know nurses don't have tempers. Their a loving caring breed.:)

Thanks 1911. I'm really enjoying it.

[Franz]

Mine claims she is licensed in 3 states to be uncaring and unfeeling unless she is being paid to do either.

So how long did it take you to learn NEVER ask a nurse for a bandaid?

[Jim314]

So how long did it take you to learn NEVER ask a nurse for a bandaid? [/B]

The last time I asked for a bandaid, my thumb and table saw blade had had a brief encounter. I got a 1 hour lecture about "paying attention" and heard "that needs stitches" for the next hour. And I ended up getting my own bandaid.

[Franz]

1st & only time I asked for one, I wound up with the tincture of green soap & toilet brush routine, witch resulted in the need for stitches to close something that could have been handled by a piece of duct tape.
That was back in the days when she was a surg floor nursling.
Since then, she has evolved thru Surg, Cardio-Thorasic, ICU, and is now in Infection Control.
That evolution has given her great ability (in her mind) to dig slivers out with a sewing needle.
I don't ask any more.
Of course, she never was a train wreck nurse.
She does dial 911 real well when I'm layin on the ground with a busted hip in 10* weather, and then run out to the road to wave down the ambulance, while I lay on the ground going hypothermic.
Hell, she wouldn't even get me coffy in the damn hospital she works in.

[Jim314]

Originally posted by Franz
That evolution has given her great ability (in her mind) to dig slivers out with a sewing needle.
I don't ask any more.

I learned a long time ago that digging slivers out with a sewing needle actually means decimating all the flesh around the sliver to create a crater large enough for the sliver to just fall out. I don't ask anymore either.

[Franz]

I think RN is an abbreviation for SADIST.
I'd ask, but she has that Daughters of Caligula Meeting to attend tomorrow night, and I don't want her bein upset for that. She assures me that's a nursing sorority.

[Snidley]

Of course making the table heavy is a sort of sneaky damage control.

She can't throw it if she can't lift it.

[brideho]

Do you use plywood underneath the tile on your table?

[Nick Kent]

Looks nice. Looks like you built it a little light though :rolleyes: