a curly maple pedestal table

we just finished a nice curly maple pedestal table.  

its heading to Connecticut next week.

its based on a design weve done a number of times now, usually before in walnut.

we started with nice wood from our favorite supplier, irion lumber.

myron sent us a matched set of boards, all from the same log.

before the angled apron and the finish. this is the first time

for the angled apron, which we feel gives the top a lighter look.

the base support pieces are mitered and dominoed and then glued up a pair at a time.

then the halves are glued together.  they are secured to the base by timberlock screws that engage

the cross grain 3/4" dowels inserted in the pieces before they are glued together.  we usually add a little glue between the horizontals and the verticals, but  its mostly the timberlocks the give the base its rigidity.

we now include two dowels in each base section.  this blog post contains the most information

on the construction and assembly of this type of table.

heres a smallish oval version from last december.  

that one went to an isalnd in the carribbean.

 and heres the original from 2010 with a
link to the original table design and blog post from august 2010

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pie top table

so, my designer friend, nina, wanted something unusual for the top of the antique 

table base that she bought at brimfield below.  had to be round.  

i scratched my head for a bit, and this is what we came up with.

click the photos to enlarge them. 

its a very cool thing.  kind of like a piano stool.  i wish i had taken a picture of the raising 

mechanism.  that knob in the middle of the shaft locks it at whatever height you

tighten it at.  its got an acme thread adjusting shaft and a spinning collar that raises

and lowers the top.  at the bottom its about 22" high, and at the top. about 38".

very slick.  im sort of stumped as to its original purpose, but it is really well made and very stable.

a 14" wide piece of glued up reclaimed oak, cut into four pie shaped pieces, and glued up.

we had to special order the 2014 silver dollar as our local banks didnt have any.

we tried a bunch of different patina chemicals on it, but the only thing that worked was a soak

in good old chlorox for about an hour .. it wasnt perfect, but a little black sharpie and 

it was good enough.

cad drawing above.  we cheated by throwing the plank up on the cnc and cutting 

it there for a 10 minute perfect fit and glue up.

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