Coffee Table Build - Korean Cedar & Indonesian Rose Wood
This is Korean Wood, Chamjuk. Its original common name is Chinese cedar, but I call it Korean cedar. Right now, I’m using a jointer to straighten the wood so I can glue it up. The two boards are joined in a perfectly straight line. Try zooming in to take a closer look! I drilled the holes using a Festool Domino DF 500. After inserting the domino pins, I glued the two boards together. This completes the tabletop. I used Indonesian rosewood for the legs. A few years ago, I happened to spot a batch of freshly arrived rosewood at a lumber shop. I still don’t know how this wood even made its way into Korea. I just loaded it into my car without hesitation. Do you see why this wood is called rosewood? Look at the grain after both jointing and planing. The striking mix of black and white! I’ve never seen one, but maybe a black rose would have a pattern like this? I used angles of 42 degrees and 48 degrees to create t...
