Mostly I do restoration of Australian antiques but sometimes I get the opportunity to be a bit more creative.
My son and daughter-in-law live in quite a small flat. They really like 1950-1960's style furniture (not really my thing, but each to their own) and they could not find a small sized dining table that appealed to them (and that they could afford). Some years ago my son had purchased some recycled Oregon planks. They were very rustic and he wanted to make himself a rustic table on trestles from them, but never actually started. So, I persuaded him to let me machine them and join them to create a smooth table top. Then, I saw a design for a desk in American Fine woodworking archive. It was called a "Wishbone Desk" and had a very complicated construction, but an elegant design to the legs. I used that for my inspiration and created the table below. I spent quite a lot of time drawing up the legs to get the curves to look satisfying and then used thin strips of timber and clamps to draw the curves on mdf. I pencilled the lines and rough-cut them with the bandsaw before using the mdf as a template with a pattern-following bit on my router table. Finish sanding was done with a linisher followed by detail orbital sander.
Mostly, I used very simple construction techniques with what I think is Blackwood (was sold to me as something else) and dowel joints. I would have like to use a Domino machine but do not have one. My 909 doweller had to do, and it seems to have done the job. Aren't modern adhesives great!
The top is 35 mm thick but chamfered at the edge so that it looks lighter. The legs are joined to a sub-frame/stretcher that is screwed to the table top with 316 stainless screws supported by washers (supplied by forum sponsor) in slots to allow for wood movement. It is 1500 long by 720 wide.
1-Wishbone table from above at end a.jpg2-Wishbone table from end b.jpg3-Wishbone table oblique a.jpg
My son and daughter-in-law live in quite a small flat. They really like 1950-1960's style furniture (not really my thing, but each to their own) and they could not find a small sized dining table that appealed to them (and that they could afford). Some years ago my son had purchased some recycled Oregon planks. They were very rustic and he wanted to make himself a rustic table on trestles from them, but never actually started. So, I persuaded him to let me machine them and join them to create a smooth table top. Then, I saw a design for a desk in American Fine woodworking archive. It was called a "Wishbone Desk" and had a very complicated construction, but an elegant design to the legs. I used that for my inspiration and created the table below. I spent quite a lot of time drawing up the legs to get the curves to look satisfying and then used thin strips of timber and clamps to draw the curves on mdf. I pencilled the lines and rough-cut them with the bandsaw before using the mdf as a template with a pattern-following bit on my router table. Finish sanding was done with a linisher followed by detail orbital sander.
Mostly, I used very simple construction techniques with what I think is Blackwood (was sold to me as something else) and dowel joints. I would have like to use a Domino machine but do not have one. My 909 doweller had to do, and it seems to have done the job. Aren't modern adhesives great!
The top is 35 mm thick but chamfered at the edge so that it looks lighter. The legs are joined to a sub-frame/stretcher that is screwed to the table top with 316 stainless screws supported by washers (supplied by forum sponsor) in slots to allow for wood movement. It is 1500 long by 720 wide.
1-Wishbone table from above at end a.jpg2-Wishbone table from end b.jpg3-Wishbone table oblique a.jpg
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