October 2, 20196 yr Popular Post I designed and fabricated a trestle table for our kitchen. The table design was inspired from WOOD magazine Dec/Jan 2014/2015 article. The top is 1-1/8 ” x 36” x 54” made from hard maple wood and having two cherry wood accent pieces. The top has elliptical corners and a thumb nail edge. The base is made from cheery wood and the joinery is primary 1” x 1 ½” x 1 ½” mortise and tenon. The finish applied was one coat of boiled linseed oil and four coats of Sherwin-Williams Sher-Wood Hi-Bold pre-cat lacquer medium rub. A prototype table was build earlier, using poplar wood, to confirm the table size and fabrication/assembly technics. Thanks for looking. Danl
October 2, 20196 yr Glad to see you are on the go Danl......Super nice and thanks for showing what a trestle table looks like.....That design would make more room for sure as we have to zig sag to get to the other room. We are using what we used for a kitchen table when our three kids were growing up. It has been stored up in the garage where all the heat has warped some of it but hey.
October 2, 20196 yr That is one very nice table. Very well built, too. Thanks for taking us along on the build.
October 3, 20196 yr Author 16 hours ago, Smallpatch said: .....That design would make more room for sure as we have to zig sag to get to the other room. We are using what we used for a kitchen table when our three kids were growing up. What you said is what we had. An older larger table from the times the kids were home. Kids are out of the house and my wife wanted a smaller newer table. But, now there needs to be room for the granddaughter's high chair. Thanks everyone for the kind words. Do you see something missing? Chairs Prototype is in the works. Danl
October 3, 20196 yr 14 minutes ago, Danl said: Do you see something missing? Chairs Prototype is in the works. Danl Can't wait to see those, Dan.
October 3, 20196 yr Turned out nice. If you have a local restaurant supplier they may have some raw maple chairs you could pick up on the cheap and finish them yourself...
October 3, 20196 yr Like others have said, superb drawings and final product. It's beyond my pay grade to know how you got all those angles. That is one complicated piece of craftsmanship.
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