Mango Wood Coffee Table Question

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Hi All,

I want to make a small coffee table (55x55cm), and ideally it needs to coordinate well with my tv stand which is made from mango wood (please see attached).

I want to do this ASAP (within a few days), but sourcing planed mango wood is super difficult.

Does anyone know if I can pick any other hardwood and just stain it with something specific?

(@woodtechs)

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I’d look and see if veneered MDF/ply is available, or even just veneers if you’re sent on mango. I don’t have much experience with stains, but I do know if you go that route you should do some color testing first

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Thanks a lot Max!:slight_smile:

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Hi Mike,

Have you looked at Surrey Timbers? They tend to have mango wood in stock and might even plane it on request as I know they supply other timber to specified dimensions. https://www.surreytimbers.co.uk/product/wild-mango-timber-14-25/

Also give Fallen and Felled a try, they may have some.
https://www.fallenandfelled.co.uk/?srsltid=AfmBOooLvEEuR_SWUTbzPpT7jf951VQCMn_I0CDO9u0xtLDozeYeTn-g

I imagine you want to use something similar to the look of the gain in the mango wood as well as the colour? I’m unsure of a timber that is similar grain, oak or ash could be a shot with a Rubio stain as a test to see how it comes out colour wise?
Rubio Monocoat

Hope this is of any help!

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Thanks a lot Charlie!

Update: mango veneer turned out to be a even rarer beast to find, but after my search I stumbled onto these bad boys made of mango wood on eBay:

Picked these up yesterday evening for about 1/5 of what timber would cost me :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Made a mistake of showing these to my girlfriend and now it looks like I absolutely have to save at least the little one :sweat_smile:

Will try to cut the big one along the black lines and see if I can quickly turn it into my own table!

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Nice! Good find!

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Nice one man, you’ll be able to get some decent timber out of them no doubt!

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Thanks! It turned out to be infested with nails though, so I had to use hand tools to dismantle it all the way! :sweat_smile:

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Got my glue-up sorted:

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Can I ask anyone to help me with drum sander today to flatten this if possible, please?
@woodtechs

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Pleased don’t drum sand things that have been oiled, or varnished.

The top looks excellent!!

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Thanks Paul! Yep, everything was scraped before I put it through the drum sander :slightly_smiling_face:

Now it looks like this:

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That’s stunning, not going to lie, you’ve got me trailing eBay now

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Thanks a lot Paul, you’re far too kind :grin:
Ebay is a great source indeed!