Table top puzzle made from scrap pieces of purple wood, mahogany, oak, walnut, pine and maple. I use a Shapeoko Pro XXL.
All 6 panels made from 11.25" x 17" x 3/4" Oak. Instruments and hexes carved from same plank
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Wow! You’ve got hex! 
+1 That wasn’t easy.
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Thanks, it wasn’t easy - took many evenings to draw and many hours to cut out. I learned to stain the intricacies first then mill. For example, on the keyboard, I stained the black keys black and then made the grooves between the white keys and then milled the white keys. It made the staining a lot easier in this manner and made the grooves with no burrs on top. If i cut out everything first, there was no way i could stain the black keys without getting stain on the white keys.
Great work
But don’t you know you need two— one for each side of the couch. Oh and you also need to make a lamp for it.
Really do like all the details and contrasting colors… again Great work.
Anthony
Thank you Anthony: Lots of work to make a second table but then again, all the programming is done. Also, I learned a lot from this first one. I left gaps in the puzzle thinking that the pieces won’t interlock unless a loose fit, but I found that a line fit works well and looks cleaner - I can tweek the drawing to improve. Also, will mill most of what needs to be milled about 90% deep, then stain, then complete the milling with an up cut to get rid of any burrs or splashed stains.
Len
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