Hexagonal Cocktail Table

I originally documented this project on December 14, 2016. It shows some wear these days, but my son and daughter in law are still using it.

 I built this table as an apartment warming gift for my son and future daughter-in-law. They both really liked a table they saw in a furniture store (Bratton Hexagon Bunching Cocktail Table), but it was way out of budget. I thought building a replica would be both a good opportunity to practice my developing SketchUp skills and a challenging woodworking project.

The SketchUp model is available on the 3D Warehouse.

The original table has a metal frame and oak-veneer top and shelf. I have no metalworking skills, so I decided to use hardwood for the frame and trim and paint it with Rust-Oleum metallic oiled bronze spray paint. I had some reconstituted zebrawood veneer left over from a previous project, and I thought it would echo the prominent oak grain of the original, but in a more contemporary way. The top and shelf are MDF veneered with the zebrawood and finished with Watco danish oil.

The overall dimensions are approximately 24" wide (side to side), 28" long (tip to tip), and 18" high.

For more details, see this series of blog posts (on LumberJocks, to be migrated here later).