Kanagawa kinetic coffee table underside

A moving sculptural coffee table, created in my Purdue Furniture design course. Composed of an 298 pieces of laser cut wood, dowels, o-rings, and conduit. To see the process check out my issuu: http://issuu.com/alexmecker

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[mcteeth]

i'd hate to bang my shin on this in the middle of the night.

[TheGAMERgg]

that el teach your pets to stay away from the table

[alexmecker]

Thanks! My original concept was to have the arms support the glass, but with an all wooden cam shaft it wasn't feasable to support the weight. I spent about 150 dollars on the wood and used the laser cutter in our shop, so other than material cost it just took a ton of time and trial and error.

[TheMeganWho]

WTF is this for?

[TheGreatSteve]

Your totally right, at the moment they serve no purpose.

[Eric Jaakkola]

Would be cooler if the moving parts actually suspended the glass.

[WindyCityNovelties]

I see cats abusing this.

[jonnois]

top down view aswell please, looks awesome

[Owen Vinni]

Im not impressed with something that i could make with my lego