Creating Chunky Effect Hollow Furniture

[jasonB]

Guess the issue with large section solid oak is that it'll be hard to stop it cracking and splitting over time..

I thought that was what he wanted as the one in the picture that it has to match is like that

Glass just sits under its own weight, the small black rubber inserts stop it sliding.

Jason

 

[Chems]

Its tough, its to match that look but to be more refined.

 

[SPinonit]

This might be silly coming from a noob like me, but........(please don't laugh )

If you want to do it hollow just to save weight, could you not just use a bandsaw to cut four sheets (one from each side) off of posts similar to those rustic looking ones used in the table you've shown, leaving you with a solid centre core. You could then cut a reasonable slice from the end grain and use it at either ends as a filler piece. If you mitre all of the joints, perhaps it would all go back together to look something like it did before, but it would essentially be hollow?

Not sure if ths helps or if it would work practically, but I thought I'd suggest.....just in case :-k

 

[L Harding]

Why not just buy large section oak if thats the look you are after, did this with a few offcuts of 8x8 post, bit of a job lifting them onto the planer though. You will never get the cracks & splits to follow through if you make from thiner section or veneer.

If the glass just sits on top under its own weight would it not all fall over/apart if you accidentally walked into it?

 

[big soft moose]

This might be silly coming from a noob like me, but........(please don't laugh )

If you want to do it hollow just to save weight, could you not just use a bandsaw to cut four sheets (one from each side) off of posts similar to those rustic looking ones used in the table you've shown, leaving you with a solid centre core. You could then cut a reasonable slice from the end grain and use it at either ends as a filler piece. If you mitre all of the joints, perhaps it would all go back together to look something like it did before, but it would essentially be hollow?

Not sure if ths helps or if it would work practically, but I thought I'd suggest.....just in case :-k

you could in theory - but the wood would have to be very dry not to give movement in the cut slices (and it might anyway as stresses are released) and 6" section oak which is that dry is both as rare as an honest politician, and as expensive as the less honest type

 

[jasonB]

If the glass just sits on top under its own weight would it not all fall over/apart if you accidentally walked into it

Glass just sits under its own weight, the small black rubber inserts stop it sliding

And at tom thick your leg would suffer more than the table.

SP, Chems has already said he does not have a bandsaw to cut veneers so its not going to be possible to slice up large timbers.