The American Flag Concealment table

Custom made!

This might be one of the most unique items we have ever auctioned! This table is just amazing and its a one-of-a-kind item!!!!! You wont find this anywhere else....EVER!!!

The concealment coffee table was inspired by a similar table I saw on Pinterest last year. I thought I could build one like it, but had no space for it. I had to wait for inspiration to hit me. It finally occurred to me that this might be a good way to support M2A by building it and donating it for an auction item. Considering the hard chargers that come to your events, I decided to make it a concealment table. I wanted to make it above and beyond by imbedding challenge coins in the surface and initially considered using coins representing the various branches of the US Armed Services. I had trouble finding coins of identical size and thickness, but when I saw the M2A coins I decided those would work. They were the right size (2 inches) and that was the correct scale for the size of the table. The one I saw on Pinterest had some shotgun shells imbedded and I thought I could use that idea somehow. I ordered some 50 cal shell casings online to use as additional decorations on the table top. Initially, I thought I could use them to insert and retract locking pins into the drawer front, but the spacing was not working out. When I started looking at other ways to lock and unlock the concealment drawer, I decided I could use shell casings to conceal the magnets used to trip magnetic lock. The locks are commonly used to keep kids out of kitchen cabinets and I figured I could make those work. I decided to imbed 6 casings and make two of those the magnet releases. I used pop-out cabinet locks concealed at each end of the table frame. Again, spacing turned out to be a problem and I had to conceal the locks behind trim pieces on the underside of the table top.

The table is constructed mostly of pine. I bought the legs off the internet, but the rest is from raw stock. The flag is constructed of individual slats that have been distressed, charred with a torch and stained to weather the appearance. The rest of the table was stained about three different shades before I was satisfied with the color. The table is constructed with mortise and tenon joinery, with some steel bracing where the drawer sits.. The finish has three or four coats of polyurethane to protect the wood. I have attached a series of pictures taken during the construction process.