Thoughts on a V8 coffee table
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http://www.superuse.org/images/1906.jpg
Ive a damaged block and some spare pistons etc and am making a coffee table similar to the one in the above link.
Who would have a table like this in their house and what do you think its worth?
Ive a damaged block and some spare pistons etc and am making a coffee table similar to the one in the above link.
Who would have a table like this in their house and what do you think its worth?
dbv8 said:
http://www.superuse.org/images/1906.jpg
Ive a damaged block and some spare pistons etc and am making a coffee table similar to the one in the above link.
Who would have a table like this in their house and what do you think its worth?
Ive a damaged block and some spare pistons etc and am making a coffee table similar to the one in the above link.
Who would have a table like this in their house and what do you think its worth?
rev-erend said:
dbv8 said:
http://www.superuse.org/images/1906.jpg
Ive a damaged block and some spare pistons etc and am making a coffee table similar to the one in the above link.
Who would have a table like this in their house and what do you think its worth?
Ive a damaged block and some spare pistons etc and am making a coffee table similar to the one in the above link.
Who would have a table like this in their house and what do you think its worth?
Amazing how many times this picture reappears 
I've some pictures of the ones I did using capri parts somewhere, plus in my office I used to have two guest chairs made from the front leather recaros. Really easy to do if you have access to a huge sonic bath and aircraft paint pre facilities for the laquering.
You put thick felt ont he bottom to save the floor and notice the hot glue gun glue on the pistons to hold on the glass.
I've some pictures of the ones I did using capri parts somewhere, plus in my office I used to have two guest chairs made from the front leather recaros. Really easy to do if you have access to a huge sonic bath and aircraft paint pre facilities for the laquering.
You put thick felt ont he bottom to save the floor and notice the hot glue gun glue on the pistons to hold on the glass.
dbv8 said:
Ive a damaged block and some spare pistons etc and am making a coffee table similar to the one in the above link.
I've seen this done before and they've been OK but personally, I think they lack a little creativity and imagination though using pistons as wine holders is a great idea providing you can get to the bottles easily enough.If a client asked me to make an occasional piece using an engine block I'd probably look at doing the following.....
- Try to keep some of the periferals and innards if possible. Colour them to add some contrast to the aluminium. I'd use colours that may not necessarily be the same (i.e make the push rods blue for example). Don't leave nuts and bolt in unless necessary, they'll just be dust traps.
- Cut out as much of the block as possible to expose the inside without compromising the integrity of the block. To stop dust ingress and sharp edges, you could fill out the missing bits with clear acrylic or a liquid crystal resin.
- Mount the piece. English Oak's finished in Danish Oil gives a great contrast if you have a more traditionally decorated room or, for the contemporary feel go for something v.different such as black granite (or a new black recycled plastic I've used which looks like marble but has a softer sheen)
- Dont use a square piece of glass, at least go for something round or better still shaped, and definetly do NOT use hot melt glue! Sorry, it looks cheap. If you really want ot ramp it up, get an engraver to sandblast a exploded diagram of the engine itself, or better still a diagram of the inside of the engine bay itself, minus the engine.
But, hey, thats just my thoughts
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