Noosa Community Training Centre students have recently constructed an inventive piece of furniture.

The V8 coffee table began as an idea from teacher and mechanic John Blahuta.

Within six weeks, students had assembled the coffee table by sourcing a glass top, resculpturing a donated 1965 Morgan engine block and adding an artistic ram skull.

John said the experience taught the students a number of life and work skills.

"It's started with the idea of hands on tool application, but it ended up being artistic as well," John said.

"It gave them a bit of mechanical knowledge by naming the parts of an engine."

John said the entire project cost about $75 dollars, but the experience of building it together was priceless.

"What I try to instil in the guys is, all you need is an idea," John said.

"And if you run with it, you can do anything. There's so many ideas out there."

Student Owen Broome said he was proud to be involved in the process from start to finish.

"I was stoked when it first got completed," Owen said.

"It was a wow factor because I've never done anything like this in my life, so it was a big experience doing all of this, but it was great."