Sheridan Lumber recently started stocking butch block counter tops and to show off this new product they asked Philosopher’s Anvil to create a new industrial design inspired conference table for their showroom. We have not been too active on the table projects as of late so the request was a welcome distraction.
The butcher block slabs are stocked in several sizes, the largest being 5′ by 10′!! This large format is quite exciting as most wood based materials are limited in width. Immediately the ideas started flowing. After discussing a few of the concepts with Sheridan Lumber we settled on a design that was on the practical side. The table after all was going to be used in their showroom as a design desk for clients.
Our raw materials for this project will be 1/4″ steel plate, W8x15 structural steel, and of course the butcher block.
With the previous design we let our minds go wild with ideas and that inevitably lead to complicated assemblies. This time around K.I.S.S. would be the guiding principle. Keep it simple you imbecile. Although these legs weigh ten times more than the last style they were simple to make and look the business.
For our next trick we made opening in the table face to allow the I beam (W-shape) to show through.
Sheridan Lumber provided a selection of butcher block and teak oils to use for finishing the table top. We went with the teak oil as this particular table would not be used for food prep. Here is the finished table before moving into Sheridan’s showroom.
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