Salvaged Fir Trestle Table
The carved relief in the legs was done in an attempt to visually lighten the piece while adding some interest.
I designed and built this 8′ long by 42″ wide Trestle table for a client this summer, utilizing re-claimed Douglas Fir. All of the Fir was salvaged by re-milling old beams from a decommisioned 100 year old warehouse on the Columbia River. The walnut accents were salvaged from my scrap pile.
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The carved relief in the legs was done in an attempt to visually lighten the piece while adding some interest.
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The legs or "trestles" of the table were bookmatched by re-sawing on old 4" x 10". The mortises for the stretcher were cut with a dado stack on the table saw prior to gluing the book match together.
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The top and all the stretchers were milled to about 1- 3/4".
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Comments
Love the design, and the re-use of material.
Animating such a massive piece would seem a challenge to me. The arched stretcher, the relief and the accents work well, I think, to give it life. I looked at your website; lots of fine work there.
Stately design with seasoned material. Very nice version of a trestle table.
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