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What do folk think about this table ?
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Not for me I'm afraid.
Also veneered so limited as regards refinishing in later life.
Bob
Also veneered so limited as regards refinishing in later life.
Bob
DaveL
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+19fingers":3n52thib said:
Woodbloke
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Interesting design that looks faintly 'spiderish'. The jointing on the legs could be a potential weakness if they were ever to be loaded with too much downward force, but I suspect they've been pretty robustly constructed. The veneered top doesn't bother me, but as it's really quite thin, veneering is really the only practical way it could have been constructed.
As to the aesthetics, it don't really 'grab' me and even more so if I were asked to part with nearly £1700 of me hard earned folding :lol: so overall an interesting concept but ultimately 'nul points' - Rob
As to the aesthetics, it don't really 'grab' me and even more so if I were asked to part with nearly £1700 of me hard earned folding :lol: so overall an interesting concept but ultimately 'nul points' - Rob
Are you thinking of buying it or making something similar?
Andyp":1rkam1m7 said:
Thinking of buying it for the kitchen. This is a better picture IMO.
If I didn't have a zillion other things to do, I'd have a stab at making it. 'Stab' being the operative word as I don't think my skills are up to it.
I actually quite like the design. I would like to sit at it first to test their statements about legroom and the rigidity of what appears to be a very slim top. What would the chairs look like?
Woodbloke
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RogerS":2r4fnaph said:
I don't think it's a hugely difficult piece to make Rog, but I would definitely make a full scale 1:1 drawing of those legs and then work out the construction of the joints. I might be inclined to go for steel threads and epoxy as I did for those bar stools I finished earlier in the year. As for the top, maybe 15mm 'green' mdf lipped and veneered might do the trick...dunno? If you were to use say, 1.5mm oak veneers it would bring the thickness up to around 18mm which ought to be fine - Rob
Woodbloke
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Unlikely to be the ubiquitous chipboard...that's IKEA territoryRogerS":1hypa8gm said:
. Probably a bit more up market with mdf - RobHappyHacker
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Personally I am not keen on the design, it looks wrong to me. I have no problems with modern design, and have seen lots of innovative stuff I like often using modern materials to their full advantage, but this is not one of them. But someone must like it otherwise they would not be making and selling them. 
SamQ aka Ah! Q!
Old Oak
Roger, I agree with what 'Our Man in Salisbury' has already said, but frankly too, to my tastes, the thing looks too angular, echoes of electric power pylon... :eusa-whistle: But, you know, I don't agree with what my designer son thinks is "definitely funky" either.. 
In terms of construction quality (CHIPBOARD???) Heals have a right brass neck charging all that spondulicks for it.
Sam
In terms of construction quality (CHIPBOARD???) Heals have a right brass neck charging all that spondulicks for it.
Sam
I like it tbh. Wouldn't work with our current style but under different circumstances I would easily have that in the house. I like the geometry of it.
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I really don't think this is suitable for a kitchen table - certainly not for what happens in our kitchen.
Recently when decorating ours became an impromptu trestle when painting the ceiling and walls.
To me it is come in the category of form over function.
just my 2p
Bob
Recently when decorating ours became an impromptu trestle when painting the ceiling and walls.
To me it is come in the category of form over function.
just my 2p
Bob
Mike G
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It's quite a decent sized table, at 2m x 1m. That's certainly more dining table than kitchen table territory in most houses. I was surprised when I saw its dimensions, as it looks smaller than that.
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I know this thread is few weeks old, but I have just come across it. The design reminds me quite a lot of the Norman Foster designed Nomos table dating from 1987. I bought one of the originals and have used it as a desk ever since, and an architect friend of mine who worked with Norman at the time, has the prototype.
Conran stocked them and I recall seeing a wood variant in the Conran shop some years ago. This may have something to do with the Heals connection perhaps.
Conran stocked them and I recall seeing a wood variant in the Conran shop some years ago. This may have something to do with the Heals connection perhaps.
flying haggis
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the oak version price is high but did you see the walnut price?
Woodbloke
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RogerS":mczf6xua said:
A smidge on light side I fancy Roger. Linley's mark up was (and probably still is) 100% :shock: - Rob
Not wood but the most impressive table or desk I’ve ever seen was at Apple HQ at Stockley Park, described by this piece I found online.
“The desk looks a bit like the space craft which took Neil Armstrong down to the surface of the moon. Huge, load-spreading pads carry the hydraulic legs of this hopelessly over-engineered piece of office equipment”.
It had a transparent top, probably glass and the rest was stainless steel and alloy I think.
“The desk looks a bit like the space craft which took Neil Armstrong down to the surface of the moon. Huge, load-spreading pads carry the hydraulic legs of this hopelessly over-engineered piece of office equipment”.
It had a transparent top, probably glass and the rest was stainless steel and alloy I think.
Woodbloke
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If it's commercial, wafer thin 0.6mm thick veneer, which is undoubtedly what it'll be, then yup, options are limited. However if it were to be made using proper 'old skool' 2 or 3mm thick bandsawn stuff, it can be treated more or less as solid wood; planed, scraped and sanded - RobWoodster":3f7ei6e2 said: