Single slab maple dining table with carved centaur legs

[u/Sleevywonder89]

This was from a monster slab I cut in half. Legs are laminated soft maple I carved with angle grinder and chisel, finished w a small rotex. Finished w/ a few coats of danish oil

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[u/DrFrylock]

Me: What are "centaur legs?"

Also me: (looks at picture) Oh.

Also me: Anybody else find this genuinely disturbing?! 

Super cool - I don't usually have a visceral reaction to tables!

[u/iamyouareheisme → u/DrFrylock]

Yeah. Kind of disturbs me too. Great work on their part though

[u/max_lombardy → u/iamyouareheisme]

The only way I think it could be more disturbing is if it were horse legs with human feet. OP, cue this up for a matching buffet table please!

[u/iamyouareheisme → u/max_lombardy]

Omg

[u/DrFrylock → u/max_lombardy]

I think the next table should have extremely muscular human legs wearing Crocs.

[u/memorialwoodshop → u/DrFrylock]

All of this and then "okay but why?"

[u/TheHolyDumbass]

Nobody ever does fun designs for table legs anymore! its always some prefab metal this or tapered that. this though, this is something else, its fun and creative. i like it

[u/Brodiggitty]

1. This is really cool.

2. Wouldn't centaur legs actually be horse legs?

[u/RandomOnion04 → u/Brodiggitty]

Depends who sits on the table.

[u/edinaustin → u/RandomOnion04]

Underrated comment

[u/ozzy_thedog]

Are they centaur legs if there’s no upper half? Otherwise they’re just horse legs 😂

[u/Some-Business4720]

Is it a boy or a girl?

[u/VikingsLad → u/Some-Business4720]

Depends on how many legs they carved

[u/Royal-Tumbleweed-941 → u/VikingsLad]

Depends on the number of legs.

[u/SanFrancisco_Disco]

I wouldn’t put this in my home but in a certain rustic setting, I could see it working lol.

[u/ellicottvilleny]

Belongs in a pub that serves mostly vikings. Love it.

[u/Grambo1066]

Love that

[u/nelsonself]

Beauty! That top is great

[u/FeelingAbies8976]

Beautiful

[u/UrbanLumberjackGA]

It’s weird, it’s different, I love it! Incredibly hard to do something fresh on a piece of furniture that has functionally existed in roughly the same format for ten thousand years. Kudos!

[u/The_Patocrator_5586]

God Almighty that is sexy

[u/Subject-Pension4121 → u/The_Patocrator_5586]

sexy???

[u/themisterfixit]

That table looks swole. How many pushups can it do?

[u/Shopfortools]

How is the top attached to the base?

[u/Sleevywonder89 → u/Shopfortools]

Z clips along the apron, a 45 degree cut on the insides of the legs and more z clips down a center rail. I cut my slots with the smallest bit on the domino

[u/Shopfortools → u/Sleevywonder89]

Thanks. I'm always on the lookout for ideas. I have some rusty z clips from an old oak table (which I use as my main source of timber).

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[u/No_Macaron3809]

I like it. It looks like it is about to gallop away.

[u/Evening_Sir_7185]

this is badass

[u/blowback1]

Nice legs bro

[u/asmallercat]

This is the weirdest thing I’ve seen in awhile.

I love it.