My Table

[Jim Becker]

Ah...with enough software, anything is possible!! (Great illustrations, Ryan!)

Seriously, that view does show the gap much better. I like the design. Something tells me that I'd still have some secretive way of positively fastening the "floating" leg joint just to insure someone bumping into the table in a drunken stupor (or the heat of passion...) doesn't dislodge things and cause a problem... Maybe a short, hidden sliding dovetail?

[Matthew Poeller]

Ryan,

Well now I get it. If you notice the pictures that I was looking at a circle had the legs attached differently and probably would have the problem that I described.

Had I looked at larger pictures that you posted I would definitely have not made the same comment. I am glad that I did though because I love the illustration.

Matt

[Tom LaRussa]

I think the essence of this design is the 2 pieces. To express that there should be a consistent gap of 3/8" that becomes like a visual "river" and flows through. If they were rustic slabs the gap could vary a bit with the natural edge....Just an observation ....

Way to go dad!

That would be to-tally kewl!

What you need is a couple slabs from the base of a tree that grew on a steep river bank, thus causing it to curve at the widest part of the trunk. Here are a couple highly autistic ... er ... "artistic" renderings of what I mean.

[Tom LaRussa]

Ryan,

Just a couple more pesky questions from the peanut gallery:

[Ryan Singer]

since we don't get the big slabs of wood that George Nakashima has, the top will probably be laminated boards of 8/4 and I was thinking tenons in that area for the very potential of shearing along the grain in that very spot you mentioned.

Interesting tree art! I like it!

[Jim Becker]

You can get slabs like that Ryan...maybe not locally, but they are available. Hearne Hardwoods can help you out! Nakashima is one of their customers, too...

[Tom LaRussa]

You can get slabs like that Ryan...maybe not locally, but they are available. Hearne Hardwoods can help you out! Nakashima is one of their customers, too...

Yep.

Others that supply big slabs include

Good Hope Hardwoods;
Gilmerwoods; (Oregon)
Righteouswoods has 4'-5' wide slabs of Bubinga;
Goby Walnut has HUGE walnut slabs; (Oregon)

A bit closer to home, (your home)...

Baker Hardwoods has some huge stuff too. (They are in Gliroy)

Wineland Walnut in Chico claims George Nakashima as a customer.

[Dan Mages]

Way to go dad!

That would be to-tally kewl!

What you need is a couple slabs from the base of a tree that grew on a steep river bank, thus causing it to curve at the widest part of the trunk. Here are a couple highly autistic ... er ... "artistic" renderings of what I mean.

Nice rendering. Is that a walleye I see swiming there??

That looks like a nice table. Good luck with the construction!!

Dan

[Dave Richards]

Here's a solution to Tom's concern about the top breaking at the corner of the "L". Hardwood cleats let into the the top spanning most of the width would provide the cross grain strength needed. The cleats would need to be slightly shorter than the slots and holes for screws would be slotted to allow some expansion and contraction.

[Dave Richards]

A second cup of coffee yeilded what I think is a more elegant solution. Sliding dovetailed cleats installed before the last piece of the top is glued in place. Of course the cleat is slightly shorter than the housing. It would be a slighly snug fit. Could be glued at one end but that's not required. No hardware involved.

[Jim Becker]

Dave, those are excellent suggestions for structural support and they can be wood or even metal considering that this top is planned to be made from 12/4 or 16/4 materal.

[Tom LaRussa]

Nice rendering. Is that a walleye I see swiming there??

Sketchup? Who needs Sketchup?

[Tom LaRussa]

Ryan,

Thought this was interesting, just for the superficial similarity to your project.

http://www.cassinausa.com/tables.html

[Ryan Singer]

Hey there Tom,

the one you showed really looks like 2 separate pieces. they don't even support one another in any way. and they don't look like they'd ever fit together nicely..

but that leads me to my alternate design...

I actually had another design which I was working on as an alternate.. it had a different intention. not so unified as my original design. Infact, it was a mockery of what I had designed. sort of a personal piece about my life as of now.. I call this one "Passing Ships". My life has been a lot of dating with no success.. anyways, this piece represents that. there are two different woods that look like 2 wedges and they support one another kinda of in the same way as the other one, except these two never will look like "one" unified form. that was the idea behind 2 colored woods!

Idealy, a couple should be recognized as a couple. it is the details that makes them different. they really belong together...

Ryan,
Thought this was interesting, just for the superficial similarity to your project.
http://www.cassinausa.com/tables.html

[Mark Singer]

Tom,

Cassina has great designer ....a great all leather dining chair I've spec'd a few times at least.

Ryan,

Thought this was interesting, just for the superficial similarity to your project.

http://www.cassinausa.com/tables.html