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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lots of stuff from the metal shop

sams been quite busy in the metal shop lately ..

 tomorrow hell finish up this custom steel table base with 1" solid rolled arcs on the corners.

 well be getting the reclaimed chestnut any day now, so we can start on the actual top, which will be similar to the top on the basque style chestnut table we made back in january

the steel will have a blackened patina and a matte sheen clear finish

 next up, a dough bowl sink.  the clients came to us with this antique dough bowl which is a totally handmade, irregular, antique object.  i made a wood mockup and fitted the sink to it. sam then crafted the actual metal base by matching the steel angles and lengths to the wood mockup.

 weld up the ends and connect the dots ..

its all blackened now and sam will deliver it to londonderry tomorrow.

 and heres a custom coffee table base for a friend who will make his own top and lower shelf.

sam will finalize the finish color with the clients tomorrow

and some vermonter beltbuckles.  i saw #238 on one of them.  in the foreground is a hammer sam forged in a class with his friend pat quinn at the adiurondack crafts school a couple weekends ago.  pat just received his masters in black smithing from southern illionois university in carbondale and his work is featured in the latest issue of the anvils ring, the quarterly magazine of ABANA.

and another in our series of claro wlanut slab coffee table bases

 fooling with a snow roller wheel for a designer client ..

were going to try to hang it and light it

and lastly, some adjusted new grill work for the wood fired grill at a local restaurant.

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