Building the Most Awesome Coffee Table Ever

This a build video of the world's most awesome coffee table, it takes you right from the moment I accidentally found the old fence posts that I repurposed on the way to a job all the way to the finished product.
It's a completely original idea - bespoke design that I came up with as I was building it.
I've never seen a leg design like the one I came up with here, I'm happy to be corrected if I'm wrong but for now I'm claiming it as my design that I came up with on 16/07/2018

[@mtarrant3]

Nothing like getting timber for free, beautiful job.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Yep especially when it's beautiful stuff like this

[@jody6121]

I initially looked at it and thought it looked very amateurish...however, after watching the full video I became impressed with the piece and would be proud to have that piece of furniture in my home....well built my friend. That will be a piece passed down for future generations.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you Jody

[@HPDrifter2]

Very nice work. You've obviously watched This Old Tony. Very watchable.

[@jasonanderson1154]

Nice build. Props on understanding the importance of the "money shot" aka applying the top coat.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you, I always do such a bad job of filming out but I certainly do try my best to capture it

[@FixitFingers]

That is some A1 scabbing right there. What a score! Only thing wrong was the disappointment of seeing the sissy little mallet in use when the L.C.M was now available ;)

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

The LCM adorns a shelf and makes his owner more powerful

[@woodbutcher]

That's an absolute stunner mate!

[@thebobloblawshow8832]

That is absolutely gorgeous. Really nice work.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you

[@NobukiPhu]

Bloody lovely, mate! It always blows my mind what people are willing to throw away without realising any upcycling potential. Good rescue.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

L rHU thank you, yhe bloke didnt want to give it to me at first because "it burns really well"...

[@NobukiPhu]

Burns really well!!! A travesty!!! Haha. My best score has been 10 sheets of 10mm glass display shelves, 500x900mm, that were about to thrown into a skip. Turned some into seedling planters for the old girl, but have a couple aside to make some "tracing" table tops for some friends who are artists. Sometimes it just takes a different perspective to see the possible.

[@timdyck147]

Don’t ever hesitate to ask what people r planning on doing with wood ,I’d be drooling getting that ,I love it 👏

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Yep it was a good score

[@leonardhirtle3645]

That turned out incredible.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Do you want it, nobody likes it.

[@markjacques4625]

It's so funny how this has come up for me on my feed as I have just fixed my fence. I still have the old posts and they are the same ones. I have been wondering what to do with them, now I know. Thanks for the idea

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

That's awesome, thanks for watching

[@markgoode4109]

excellent design and workmanship. I agree with the earlier comment; it's great to see reclaimed wood given a second lease of life. Thanks for sharing your skills. Best wishes

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you and thanks for watching

[@paulkelly1702]

Thanks to Down Under Woodworks for highlighting your video channel. Greetings from Arizona, USA Subscribed!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks for watching

[@woodfather]

Jeez, google can be mean sometimes 🤣😂 Table looks killer man, awesome!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks bro, I hate Google basically

[@trumpingtonfanhurst694]

Top-notch work, I believe that coffee table stands a fair chance of surviving a direct hit from artillery and will outlive us all.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Lol I think you're right. Thanks for watching

[@curtisjohnson944]

Wow, you may have actually built the coolest coffee table ever. Very nice.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Curtis Johnson thank you she is a beauty and can certainly handle some abuse

[@timjsmith]

Thanks for uploading this - goes to show what can be had for nothing if you keep your eyes open! Great build - nice and unusual, more importantly it has a story too! ‘Keep at it’ from the UK.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

timsmithinuk thanks mate

[@dnug2000]

Thanks for the education and entertainment! You have talent and a wonderful personality.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you, appreciate it

[@danielmiller2977]

Wow! Great find with those timbers. Well done!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks for watching

[@joshuamirabal3617]

I wish I had nice tools like that. It makes life so much easier

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

It really does but to be honest I made a great deal more when I had nothing than I do now, passion for the craft drove me.

[@johncoonradtjr.5141]

Nice job, nice lucky you found the lumber.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you brother

[@iteese]

That is a beautiful piece of functional art!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you sir

[@martyngregory1282]

Thank Man always on the look out for Aussie content creators

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Great, thanks for watching

[@Dfish2229]

Love this idea. SCORE on the old posts. That’s a dream to come across something like that. I work at a small lumber yard and got a bunch of treated 4x4 scraps bout 2’ long and gonna make the same exact thing, just a little smaller. Size isn’t everything😉. Don’t have a domino tool so just gonna wing it somehow. Great video man, great craftsmanship!!!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks so much, I think with the massive surface area on those glue joints it might be fine without any reinforcement. If I had my time again I would resaw the middle board to about 1" thick and the outer boards to a 1" "L" shape with 2 cuts on the table saw to reduce weight and conserve material, it really didn't need to be this thick all the way through where no one can see it.

[@rodcormier7428]

Looks awesome... love the leg design ... enjoyed your video very much

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks so much!

[@LucianoFurlanetto-w5y]

Good job, mate!

[@debdottir]

Really nice. I love the grain and colors.

[@wb_finewoodworking]

Interesting idea. You made a great score with those fence posts.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

WB Fine Woodworking thank you.

[@BradsWorkbench]

Beautiful! I love taking “trash” wood and turning it into something wonderful. I recently got a ton of pallet oak that is hard as a rock and have loved working with it

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Awesome when you get a score like that

[@robertguerrero8009]

Learned alot mate, well done cheers...

[@PurePropertyMaintenance]

Stunning. Truly stunning. Thanks for sharing.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks for watching bro, glad you liked it

[@Xiomaro01]

Love the design and repurposing 👍

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you!

[@reganscott1225]

Absolutely beautiful bud champion job. Nice to see some awsome Aussie timber being used

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks bro, glad you liked it

[@purplegravy]

Gorgeous! Table is nice too.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Lol thanks

[@andrewcheadle948]

Fantastic video, I've acquired a load of weathered oak posts, so I will have a go at making something similar to this.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks Andrew, this design is flawed in that it's so rigid it transfers all the error from your floor to the table and rocks a lot. Looks cool though

[@mattg6262]

Nice build. Terrific upcycling!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you, thanks for watching

[@makerskerf9893]

Great build there mate, this reminds me of an old friend who passed away, he had something like this, love the little nooks for your remote! Cheers.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Makerskerf thanks for watching

[@Chrisfragger1]

I love the sound of hammering in Time Lapse.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Yes it's one of my favourite sounds

[@tylma001]

Dude this channel is sick

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you, I do my best

[@evarogers8775]

Very cool. Gotta love it when you score such a great 'deal' on wood and come up with such an awesome plan. Love it!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you Eva

[@michaeloliveira2737]

Gorgeous piece!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you 👍

[@uknowulikethat4042]

nice score on those beams, looks great

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you, I knew it was gold as soon as I saw it

[@mickspriggs7894]

Awesome table mate, thanks for a few good pointers too.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks for watching mate

[@davinreeves]

Wow! Excellent.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

thanks you

[@fleetswoodshop3339]

GREAT JOB ON THE TABLE I JUST LOVE IT .FROM DOUG

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Cheers Doug

[@keithdelp3190]

Over engineered eight ways from Sunday! Just how I like 'em. I say keep going! Lead casters? Maybe a couple of bow tie splines made of depleted Uranium? Don't stop until the walls bow inward under its gravity, and its weight is measured in churches. ;)

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Lol that's awesome, thanks for watching

[@eyeswideshut2800]

lol

[@tracymarshall8056]

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[@damienwatson3897]

I am just starting to look into starting to learn woodwork as I am moving house to a large property where I will need to do more around the house etc. Anyway I have always liked the idea of woodwork but never had the chance to try. I will be starting with basic projects to begin with so this is WAY out of my league but what a great finish. Awesome to find an Australian channel. Keep it up.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Good on ya mate have fun, check out sumos projects for an aussie channel with more basic techniques

[@justicecase19]

That's a work of art mate, well done. Gonna have to get me one of them domino yolks.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks mate, you and acheive almost the same with dowels.

[@jonathanpadoa8987]

Wicked bro! Love the stress test at the end too! Rock solid.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Jonathan Padoa thank you, I tried testing an offcut to failure off camera but could not get it to fail.

[@RowdyPenguin]

NIce detail work with the legs. Thanks for a great vid!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you

[@petera1033]

Just smiling at some of the 'advice' and commentary below. I think a lot of people are clueless about how hard some Aussie hardwoods are and what tools actually work and what dont. I gave up on 'traditional' joinery techniques on Aussie hardwood many years ago - much prefer making and my own fasteners and knock down hardware - but Festool's system is just easier/faster/better for a lot of stuff - of course you already know all this -:) Brilliant design btw and great re-use of 'firewood'...I'm starting to much around with welded support sections and legs as well as using 5 mm metal flats under tops to 'help' the glued panels retain integrity - easier said than done to find properly dried hardwood these days... Really enjoy your channel and your natural entertaining commentary - I'm looking at the Lamello system for knock down or self clamping uses with ply/MDF and chip boards...looks like another brilliant timesaver -at a cost mind you. Pete

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks Pete, glad you understand. I need to send some of our common eucalyptus species up above the 1000kg/m3 mark to the popular US channels that call maple hard so they can educate the greater community who will of course in turn start telling me how it is from the other perspective, can't win...

[@petera1033]

@@OneManBandWoodworks Keep posting your stuff in your way - love it - and I'm a harsh judge !!

[@TombstoneHeart]

I think I can relate to what you mean, even if it is through a third party. I used to work with a young Kiwi bloke, who had been a wood machinist back in NZ. I asked him if he ever had to machine any Australian hard woods and he told me of all the dramas he had when some Western Australian jarrah came into the shop one day. He tried to run some of it through a big planing machine - and the machine jammed - just stopped dead on him. True story about how hard that stuff is. In the early days of the Swan River colony, jarrah was cut up into blocks about the size of house bricks and shipped back to the UK, where they were used as cobble stones!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

@@TombstoneHeart it's true, theres actually still one section of a historic street in Sydney with ironbark pavers. Jarrah isn't quite as hard or dense as what I was working with but it's definitely up there.

[@roflstomps324]

@@OneManBandWoodworks I live in Amish country, in the U.S., and there are a lot of Amish mills out here. I don't know anyone that would call maple 'hard'. Red oak? Yeah, maybe. What we consider to be a hard wood to work with that requires special attention and methods? Black walnut. Yeah, enjoy a weekend of trying to sand a length of it. I've been putting off making a live wood black walnut table top for a year now because I know I will cut it, glue it and shape it in a matter of hours. The sanding? That will take me days.

[@TheRedhawke]

Very nice sir.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanking you

[@ssquared8076]

Great looking table

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you

[@cobberpete1]

Great Catch, now why can't I get lucky like that. You don't need a haircut, it's winter.. wait a month :D Beautiful table

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Peter Compton thank you

[@Trapomeomy]

Awesome work, thanks for sharing.

[@geoffreyrichards4620]

Great how you just asked if you can have them thats how i get all my timber for projects.Plus you made a fantastic table with craftmanship well done recycling {landfill}

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you my man

[@sneakyblackdog]

Very nice, the price was right

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks

[@rekless1875]

That looks amazing

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

thank you

[@stevenhubbard298]

That was a really good video! Thank you! YOu explained every decision you made in good detail, without being boring!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Lol thank you it's challenging to do.

[@shaun.oo__oo]

Yes the mustard squeezy bottle for glue 💪 Personaly I use a tomato sauce squeezy bottle but hey.... Table design and wood choice was perfect, great way to up cycle some old timber

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Lol thanks Shaun

[@D148521]

Very nice!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you Donnie D

[@Dcwood1979]

Beautiful

[@neilf4128]

Man! This is awesome build and amazing score.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you

[@Pepsi_Please]

HOLY MOLY😱 That is freaking amazing👏👏👏👏 You should go back over to that house. They should see this. You breathed life back into their dead fence. And the sacrificial tree lives on!👏👏👏👏 That table will last until the Earth implodes! And probably still end up whole! 👍

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Lol thank you

[@PinetopJackson]

That's a great idea, let them see what their old fence became, they'd have to love it!

[@williamwilson6578]

Great design!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

William Wilson Thanks bro

[@thumperman8490]

Great design and well thought out, the trouble is that the end product will be so heavy, that you will be needed to move it every time she does the hoovering.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks for watching, yes that's true but it does glide nicely in the felt pads

[@darcipeeps]

Oh to one day have the confidence of this man 😂 I like the table

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Lol thank you

[@daz.j]

love the strength test at the end lol

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Pure scientific research

[@brendenpascoe1164]

Loved the resin idea to stabilise those cracks. I have wasted some nice old wood or used it in a smaller project because of that

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks Brenden, you can recover some beautiful material that way that would be otherwise unusable

[@PlabsUnderscore]

XD Baby elephant proof furniture?! Awesome work!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks bro #fatlivesmatter

[@richardgunn-holmes4073]

Sacrilegious!!!! I hate seeing thing like that go to waste😖 keep up the good work & keep uploading those videos.

[@RandomaniaHi]

You are literally my older version, similar curly hair and more features, not to mention the smooth jokes 😂 Putting that aside, regarding the project, it turned out great and the fact that you choose to re-use older wood is a great idea not only for saving money but protecting the environment as well, keep up the great work I subscribed.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Alex thank you very much for watching and subscribing, about 2 years ago I made the decision that as a business I would favour reusing recycled wood and not charging a premium for it. It has forced me to learn smarter faster ways of doing things and resulted in better looking far more stable furniture pieces.

[@dougtilaran3496]

BUT. Is it Gluten free ? ;-)

[@charlieg9559]

I really like it. I may steal it.

[@kuffyswoodwork]

That coffee table is so awesome that I think a matching dining table build is in order. Just be sure to build it in situ because it will take a small crane to move the thing after you have up-scaled some of the components 😂

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Kuffys Woodwork I'd have to upgrade the slab under the room

[@CivicWeapon]

Wicked build mate

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you 👊👊👊

[@brettjackson428]

Awesome table i wish i had the skills to create this stuff

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you mate appreciate it

[@1234cdsarver]

Nice job I like your table thank you for the video

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks for watching

[@elcampesino2857]

God job. Nice work 👌

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank yoy

[@johnproffitt3272]

Great piece - love the lines!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you

[@OrangeJackson]

This was great. A work of art!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you

[@p1nrea1]

Beautiful great job

[@cjbrown9755]

I enjoyed getting some ideas from your video and I love your personality.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks for watching cj

[@MrToolmaker23]

Nicely done.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you

[@KN-wi4ns]

Thank you for sharing. You have some great skills, and it turned out really awesome🙂 Really nicely done 👊🏽

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you

[@guzmanjamie7843]

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[@dannylowe8932]

Great job the table came out super, and the aged distressed discoloration of the lumber you were lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time to get makes the whole project pop. It just blows my mind that every day all over the world people throughout great material that can be recycled repurposed and reused into landfills dumps etc. There is no reason to do so. Every year in my town when the college students go home for summer they put all kinds of furniture out to be picked up by the city for disposal. I have found all kinds of furniture this way. I have repurposed and sold at yard sales or kept myself and still have. I hate waste its uncalled for and stupid. sorry, don't mean to preach. Damn good job keep it up.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you Danny and thanks for watching

[@bethieg1387]

Baby elephant!🤣🤣🤣 You kill me! Great video and skills as always😊

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Lol thank you. True fact though

[@erichaltomwoodworking7363]

Man, that's some good looking wood! Especially for the money you spent huh!!!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you

[@johnlever6696]

My god that’s nice.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you

[@FinallyMe78]

I like it. Great Job!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you

[@richardgunn-holmes4073]

Seriously nice piece!!! Amazing, top video !!!👍

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you Richard and thanks for watching.

[@samoanSAIYAN]

Nice. Mustn't be Melbourne, cause that bloke would've charged you even a slab for them post. Awesome work mate!

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you, Sydney but I was prepared to pay for them because I knew what I was getting

[@shanesmith5405]

Cool table. Not only repurposing some extroudinary wood, which is probably quite old. But the design, although simple(not criticism) but in my eye elegant. And I love that by leaving the rail holes you've incorporated a place to put the remote. And if it's that cold, must be Melbourne???

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks for watching Shane and thanks for the feedback. No it's Sydney and it was about 2 degrees that morning

[@jmains]

Looks good!

[@deckiedeckie]

A man that can laugh at himself....is a happy man.....

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Deckie Deckie 👍

[@mannym.25]

So cool.... great job, man

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you, thanks for watching

[@jiaibnabbas]

Awesome work

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you

[@mustyzee2556]

Very good

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thank you

[@LostWhits]

Great table. Don't worry about what Google said, a baby elephant can't build a sweet table out of free wood.

[@OneManBandWoodworks]

Thanks mate 👍

[@bigsuey]

Ive got a piece of this and ive never known what it is. Finally:-)