a george the third style dining table
Mar 24, 2013
the finished table
well, here’s a table with a lot of woodworking involved. we made the first, more complex, version of it in the early 90s for a client who photographed, measured, and documented a table they studied while on a trip to england. that table had a more complex edge inlay (three lines of ebony,two lines of birdseye maple, and an outer edge of zebrawood) and brass casters on the pedestals … you can see two photos of that table on my website at this link. there are several steps in forming the ‘legs’ and joining them to the turned columns, and i remember struggling with the glue up of the original pedestals. we solved it with a clever jig this time through. not to brag, (it was just dumb luck), that we saved, AND were able to find the original box jig from 1991 for cutting the dovetails in the turned column. i also had a full size drawing of the turnings and the ‘legs’ which saved us some time too. you can see many more detailed and larger photos of the setups and steps involved in m aking this table in this blog post. there are other projects happening in the shop now too ..i hope you had a relaxing sunday … it is trying, without a lot of success, to be spring in vermont today.
— dan,vermont,http://dorsetcustomfurniture.blogspot.com/
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the finished table
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the original, made in our old shop. no cnc, no fancy tools ... more info at this link
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smaller, 42 x 84, simpler, (no leaves, no casters) version cad drawing
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edge detail
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mahogany from irion lumber. the side boards are two halves of one board, cut for shipping
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three different bits. same jig. other set up photos at this link
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after the 'legs' were cut and sanded to shape, there were three additional setups to execute the edge profile
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tah dah
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solved the tricky glue up problem with a jig with wedges
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custom made butternut (softer than the mahogany) wedges
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underside with stiffeners and apron
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first coat of lockwood dyes
Comments
Really?!? Fine Woodworking is now accepting and publishing pieces which choose not to follow standard rules of capitalization and punctuation?!? Have standards fallen that muchl?!? Is an editor even looking at it?!?
I will continue to pass this on whenever I see it; the rules are there and followed to HELP the reader by providing clues for speed and comprehension. I should not have to spend twice as long reading a piece because I cannot discern starts and stops. Contributor may think he is hip, cool and insouciant, but is only succeeding in turning off his audience.
Dan,
Truly spectacular, thanks for the great photos.
Bruce
hedge42,
"Really?!?" "insouciant" Perhaps you are the one who is slaphappy. Regardless, you are completely out of line given the context of this forum. This is about woodworking, not spelling, prose, and punctuation (or "clues"). Additionally, if you felt compelled to pen this mean note one would think you would avail yourself of the complementary spell check; "muchl" "really?!?"
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