If your are interested in the products I used to create this coffee table, they were-
-Interbuild 2200 x 600 x 26mm Acacia Solid Oiled Hardwood Project Panel
Acacia Bench top $99
-Cabot's 250ml Cabothane Clear Interior Water Based Varnish
Cabothan water Based $18.30
-Ryobi One+ 18V Random Orbital Sander - Skin Only
Ryobi Random Orbital $99.90
-Ryobi One+ 18V Trim Router - Skin Only
Ryobi Trim Router $99.00
-Ryobi 2000w Corded Heat Gun
Ryobi Corded Heat Gun $79.90
Great work @MitchellM. That's a very striking effect!
It reminds me of a post that @MartyH shared a while back about decorating wooden furniture with electrical patterns.
Jason
Awesome @MitchellM. Love seeing the creativity of Workshop members.
Great project and something I'd love to do. You've done a great job with it and looks good. It's great to share things like this on this website or anywhere else.
A tutorial for this comes from Chris Salomone, a wonderful carpenter on youtube who has lots of similar quirky or interesting wood projects. This particular project can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFGpi5yoz8U and will give you some more detail on how to execute this idea.
Still a great project though!
Very Cleverl!
@Corinne I hope you didn't get the impression from me posting my version of the project, that I somehow was claiming to have invented this idea.
Chris certainly is a wonderful carpenter, I am sure he would be excited to see others using his ideas in their projects also.
@MitchellM I'm sorry to say so but I definitely feel that when an idea is posted, whether it's a very slightly modified version or not, without credit to the original author most people reading that post would assume that the idea was theirs. This is what I assumed until I watched the video from Chris just a few hours later and realised it was posted a couple of months before this post. Please don't get me wrong I think it's a lovely table and it looks great, and I think it's wonderful to take inspiration from other craftsmen and want to re-create or make your own slightly modified version of something at home. But I do also think it's really important to give credit to the person who inspired you.( @Walter if this also is against the rules please let me know and I'll do my best to fix it for you, thanks!)
Great discussion @Corinne and @MitchellM. Many thanks for your input.
As per our Workshop rules of participation, the most important thing is to show respect to all Workshop members, as you have both done. If we all treat others the way we’d like to be treated, this community will continue to grow and continue to be a wonderful place of discussion and inspiration.
Thanks again,
Would it still work with oil based varnish?
Hi @madmonkeys,
Really sorry to see that your first post on Workshop didn't receive a reply during my absence from the community. Let me tag @MitchellM in the hope that he can assist you with your question about using an oil-based varnish.
Let me also extend a very warm welcome to Workshop. We're pleased to have you join in the discussion and trust you have been inspired by Mitch's wonderful work. Please feel free to post anytime you need a hand or have something to share with our members.
Love love love this. What a great idea...
@madmonkeys Sorry for the delayed response, I don't see why it wouldn't. Because there are so many mediums in play here, crayon/epoxy etc. It's always best practice to do a test section before potentially ruining a project.
@Corinne @MitchellM
Just a bit of FYI - though Chris came to it independently - he isn't the first to have the crayon idea. People have played with this since before the internet - I lived near a woodworker in country NSW who did some décor pieces with crayon inlay, back in the 80's sometime.
I believe there was a discussion in a woodwork magazine forum about it... maybe 2010? or thereabouts.
It crops up fairly regularly - some one always says "I know! Why don't we try..." lol.
Hard to give credit for ideas that have been floating around in the ether for years. You never know what you might subconsciously pick up that leads to your Eureka! moment.
Yes I have seen crayon work around since I was a kid, and that was a while back. My eldest now in her 30's did work melting crayons in craft and art work when she was in primary school. So it's deff not a new thing.
Cheers
This old Gal
