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Carbon Series Coffee Table

When I came up with the idea for this coffee table or rather my "Carbon Series" <-Catchy; I was going for an easily broken down and very angular design. I'm pretty fond of sharp contrast and angles. But anyway this is the result. There is absolutely no screws, glue or nails in the piece. It is all held together by wedges and angles. It breaks down easily if you ever need to move and can be re-assembled in minutes. Its made off nothing but poplar hardwood and stained a dark ebony finish.

http://www.sileka.net

9 comments

Feb 16, 2012. 12:33 PMjpmorrow says:

Gorgeous! I'd love to build this but I don't see the instructions. When will they be available?

Feb 16, 2012. 4:21 PM

JohnsonJ (author) says:

Well unfortunately this is one of my trademark designs but I will be uploading many more with instructions soon. Just out of curiosity what would you like to see?

Mar 4, 2012. 10:25 AM

bjbyrne says:

You do realize this site is about providing instructions to make stuff, right?

Feb 10, 2012. 9:37 PM

mindofclay says:

This has a true elegance. Beautiful. Being as the photo has nothing to reference for scale, I initially thought this was a dinner table. Good design will work big or small. And this one does

Feb 16, 2012. 4:19 PM

JohnsonJ (author) says:

I never thought of making a dinning table version... I might look into that. Thank you so much for the feedback though!

Feb 6, 2012. 2:28 PM

mstyle183 says:

nice design.. i like the stain.. kinda how i wanted my coffee table to look like

Feb 3, 2012. 8:26 PM

shazni says:

would love some clear directions with more pictures...like how the wedges are cut and fixed...perhaps pictures with the table dismantled and then fixed step by step?