Jet Turbine Coffee Table

Irinikus

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I recently bought this beauty with the intension of setting it in a coffee table, which I'll place in my living room:

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Here's a rough rendering of my initial idea on a table:

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Please share your thought as to how this can be improved upon, as I'm open to suggestions! :)
 
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Looks good; nice to see the rendering of the table! Some lighting from inside the rim or underneath might add effect?

Here's a short description of how the table will be constructed:

The top of the table will consist of a black granite ring holding a thick circular piece of inset glass, which will cover the turbine.

I intend to use a red-stained Maple for the table's wooden structure. The lower wooden ring will also feature inset glass, like that found in the granite top, forming a glass shelf below.

The inset glass will rest on a circular "inner ledge", routed into the granite, and the turbine itself will be held in place by resting on a circular "inner ledge" routed into the wooden stricture below, being hold in place around its edge and thus allowing you to see through it.

As for possible lighting effects, I don't want to build lighting into the table. (To be honest, this RGB craze then the world is going through currently isn't to my taste!!!) What may make sense here however, is to place a free-standing upward-firing light on the glass shelf below the turbine. That would be more classy in my opinion.
 
Edit: With apologies, I no longer wish to have involvement with SGUG or SGI communities in general,
and have also chosen to remove all of my content. Many things have changed since I co-founded, named, and ultimately
then left SGUG. There are many good people around, to whom I apologize for frustrating by removing these things, and
also many petty people that over the years whittled down both the enjoyment as well as sense of obligation I used to
feel to anyone else regarding what was ultimately just a hobby. Unfortunately one of the latter now writes the rules
and so it is time for me to take my things and go.

This message will replace all of my previous forum posts because deleting threads that I started would have removed
other peoples' posts.
 
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I should hopefully receive the turbine disc tomorrow! :)

I got seriously screwed over when it came to the Tax and Duty I had to pay on it!!!!!! 40% of the 1200UKP (including shipping) that I payed for it!!! Holy Shite!!!

I hate loosing money in this way!!!

I don't usually pay duty on computers!!!!!

The seller that I bought it from has another one for sale!

Here's the link:

 
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Boy am I jealous.. that's a cool idea!

for the record, it isn't one piece of titanium though. All of those vanes are machined individually and pressed into those bulbous slots.... they are actually replaceable when they wear out from service...

Where did you get it?
 

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