Cherry Tree to Cherry Table

[rick_dobney]

Haven't had chance to post for some time but I thought I'd like to share this commission with you.
I was approached to try to make something of an ornamental Cherry stump after the tree needed to be felled due to getting just too big for its front garden location. The short stump (trunk) of the tree was nearly 600mm across, this was planked 60mm thick and left to season for a couple of years.
I then agreed a design with the clients and set about the turning process. It looks fairly straight forward but in order to get the table to stand upright, the discs needed to be perfectly flat. Finished with 4 coats of Danish oil then lightly buffed with Carnauba the table was then assembled using M8 threaded bar.

Overall dimensions of the piece are 550mm high by 400mm wide. C & C welcome, hope you like it, the clients did.
The full project can be seen on my website at http://www.rickdobney.uk/contemporary-cherry-occassional-table.html

Cheers
Rick

[bodrighywood]

Design wise I can't make my mind up, personal taste (0r lack of it LOL), suspect it would appeal more in the flesh but I do like the overall idea. Especially admire getting all those discs flat enough to stand straight.

Pete

[Bryan Milham]

This is really different. I think it will look fantastic in the corner of a room with a nice table-lamp on it.

Great design and work to pull it all together.

[edbanger]

Now that's different and I quite like it Rick.

Nicely turned and finished as always 

All the best

Ed

[georg]

  Very Innovative and very well done considering Cherry is such a hard wood to work with. Like It.
   
  Kind Regards Tony di

[GBF]

This is really different. I think it will look fantastic in the corner of a room with a nice table-lamp on it.

Great design and work to pull it all together.

What he said

Regards George

[Les Symonds]

It never ceases to amaze me; the range of ideas that members of this forum come up with. Nice one!
Les

[rick_dobney]

Thanks all for the great feedback, it was a great project to work on and for the end result to resemble to original sketch was a bonus 

Cheers
Rick

[Dancie]

Very nice and an original idea