Tom Svec

Den Socling · December 06, 2011, 02:59:27 PM

I have a friend named Tom Svec. I dry slabs for him and I give him wood that I have dried while testing kilns or schedules. He gave me a table last weekend and I took some pictures while at his shop.

That's a live edge counter top.

That's an Elm rocker. The wood came from a tree that died on the campus of PSU.

I thought that is an interesting design. One piece of threaded rod with nuts holding the table together.

That is a Soft Maple coffee table with Cherry trim. It's so smooth it feels like plastic!

A wormy coffee table.

Free form Walnut top.

A table that should have had me shooting from the other side.

POSTON WIDEHEAD · December 06, 2011, 04:53:12 PM

This is some good stuff! I believe Mr. Svec has got a talent. Mt favorite is the Walnut top table and then the wormy Maple. I could look at work like this all day!
Thanks for sharing Den.

T Welsh · December 06, 2011, 05:45:22 PM

Nice! thanks,Den.POSTONLT40HD, If you like free form style look into the man that created it George Nakashima his book is called The Soul of the Tree.the wife bought me the book about 20 years ago and thats where I fell in love with the free form style. Tim

CHARLIE · December 06, 2011, 07:05:51 PM

Thank you for sharing this with us Den. That is some beautiful woodworking. I sure wish I had some of that skill.

Marc Thornton · December 06, 2011, 11:11:26 PM

Something about that last table issuer appealing. Are there actually gaps between the boards? It also looks like the boards are different widths, awesome.

Den Socling · December 07, 2011, 09:46:48 AM

Tom does have a lot of talent. I wish I could look at rough sawn wood and see the works of art that he can see. And I don't know how he gets those smooth, contoured shapes. He obviously isn't afraid of elbow grease!

The last table does have gaps with perfectly parallel edges. I believe the outer 2 boards are the same width.
Here's a link to his web site.
http://www.tomsvecfurniture.com/index.html