I received another suggestion for Gorilla Glue from Steve Knight, so that's
what I'll be going with. Thanks for the input.

todd

"RB" wrote in message
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I used padauk to make my front door a couple of years ago. I used
urethane (Gorilla glue or equivalent) and have had no problems.

RB

todd wrote:
I have a friend who wants me to build him another table. The
proportions of
the table would amount to a relatively large coffee table. It will
actually
be used for writing, but due to a back problem, he is most comfortable
sitting on the floor, which is why the table height will be about 14".
We
looked at lumber today, and he is really enamoured with making the top
from
padauk and the base from Gaboon ebony. He's aware that just the lumber
to
make the base will run somewhere around $800-900. Around here, Gaboon
ebony
is $112/BF. My question is: assuming money is not the greatest concern,
is
there anything inherently nuts about making a table base from ebony?

todd