Coffee Table Ideas

[Munroast]

Been asked to do a small table and they were wanting me to use some old bits of workbench (school science lab) think the wood is Iroko ? (don't know much about it, have never worked with it before)

Problem is, it is all full of holes and shakes, it was suggested I hide these with inlays, but that probably won't work out to well, the faults will be all in the wrong place

I was thinking of cutting triangles out so as to miss the bad bits and join them together into some sort of octogon, it could be nice with all the grain running from the centre outwards - but how difficult will it be to get the angles right? - is this just a mad idea, i don't want to ruin the wood

 

[accelerator]

Check what size they want the table first, as this might end up being too small.

 

[Munroast]

it should still be about 20 - 22" dia, which would be big enough, it is using this wood that is all important, and worried I won't get it stuck back together very well. my angles will have to be very precise!