Conical Base Floating Table

This is an idea for a floating table I thought of recently. I ended up with a fun, interesting table about 4 ft high. It turned out to be much more laborious than I expected because of the process of threading the fishing line.

Tools I Used

1. Planer
2. Jointer Machine (or 11.25 Lock Miter bit)
3. Router
4. Straight Line or Table Saw
5. Drill and Drill Press
6. Sander
7. Wood Grinder
8. Nailer

Supplies Used

1. 3" White Oak and Red Oak Flooring
2. Fishing line (at least 20-pound line)
3. Wood Glue
4. 2p 10 Glue

Since I have access to a lot of scrap 3-inch flooring boards, I decided to make it entirely of such. Since these boards are relatively weak, just glued in one layer, I doubled the layers by gluing up two table rounds and gluing these together crosswise.

To make two wood cones, I first ripped the boards to 2 3/4 inches and then cut a 1/2-inch sliver off (see third photo) to get a board that tapers from 2 3/4 down to 1 1/2. I made 16 of these tapered boards for each cone. Then, I put them through the lock miter jointer machine to create an 11.25-degree angle. If you don't have one of these, you can just use a router bit with an 11.25 angle. In hindsight, I realized I should have cut the spikes before I glued the cones up for an easier process.

Gluing 14 or 16 boards into a cone is very tricky, but once you get them in shape, simply wrap them tightly with shrink wrap for the clamping

The process of creating spikes was quite difficult but fun. I then added a top to the bottom cone so I could drill holes to lace it to the spikes. The base and top I fastened after I had laced the two cones together

Here, I used the smallest bit I could without so as not to mess up the wood any more than I had to. Once I had the two cones laced, I laced the top and bottom rounds vertically. Mini eye bolts would be an interesting alternative to threading holes.

Unfortunately, I didn't have the time to put a clear epoxy finish on this table, but it is an essential step to keep the strings glued in. Once it's done, all the strings will be covered nice and smooth.

Hope you enjoyed this or found it inspiring to create a new design for a table!!!!!