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   DonStephan | Jan 03, 2011 07:36pm | #1

   Height?

   Might help John if you can estimate the height of the tabletop off the floor.  My first thought was it's shaped like a tavern table, but not sure if it is 30" high.

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   Jim Davis | Jan 03, 2011 09:09pm | #2

   As I said, I'm not where the table is, but I think it's about 24 inches high.I can find out if it will help.

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   RalphBarker | Jan 04, 2011 09:59am | #3

   duplicating

   If you want an exact duplicate, my suggestion would be to have your brother take detailed measurements of the original for you. Then, using those measurements, you might try the photo-import feature of SketchUp to do your plans.

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   Jim Davis | Jan 04, 2011 10:58am | #4

   Ralph, that's probably a very good suggestion. I'd have some learning to do about sketchup, but I'd certainly be foolish to not look into it. Thanks.

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   RalphBarker | Jan 04, 2011 06:30pm | #5

   I'm just learning SketchUp myself, so I haven't tried what I'm suggesting might work for you. You can, however, post any questions you might have in the SketchUp section here. Dave Richards is very helpful.

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   DonStephan | Jan 04, 2011 07:38pm | #6

   A larger public library may still have woodworking books that were written for shop classes.  Some will have project plans.  It's a long shot . . .

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   JohnWW | Jan 05, 2011 01:12pm | #7

   Mixed Styles

   I doubt if you will ever find a set of plans, it could have been from any one of hundreds of sources, most of which are no longer available.  The style look like a combination of  colonial in the apron, victorian in the stretcher, and craftsman style for design of the legs. 

   To be honest, since the piece is still in your family, you should be able to make a copy without detailed plans.  With a couple of dimensions for the size of the top and the length of the legs you could just work off of the photos for the details.  If you wanted to perfectly reproduce the shape of the apron and the stretcher perhaps you could get your brother to trace them onto a piece of light cardboard and send it to you.  Given the age of the piece and its history the joinery was probably conventional mortise and tenon.

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   apo | Jan 06, 2011 11:47am | #8

   Similar Table

   JIm,

     Norm built a table similar to this on the NYW.  It did not have stretchers and he called it a Tap Table.  The NYW site is still up and I am sure there are plans available that could be modified to achieve the desired result.

   Paul Odom