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 the trapezoid-shaped legs.

I apply oil to the tabletop. In this moment, 

all the hardships of the woodworking process fade away. 

As the grain comes alive, the wood proves itself to the world as furniture. 

Now I will exist in the world together with you.

The combination of Korean Chamjuk wood and Indonesian rosewood! 

If you’d like to see the process in more detail, 

please check out the YouTube video below!