This is a table I finished about a year and a half ago for my wife (then Fiance) and I. The design was something that I had been thinking about for a while and I'm pretty pleased with the outcome. We eat at it everyday!
I entered it into a show at the Center For Furniture Craftsmanship located in Rockport Maine. They will be holding their bi-annual MaineWood 2012 show which showcases woodworkers from Maine. The piece is one of 21 that were selected and I was notified earlier this week. This is my first acceptance to a show of any kind, so I'm pretty excited to receive this (or any) type of recognition from the woodworking community/industry.
The first part of the piece that I built was the top, it was nearly completed before I even began (or had completely figured out) the base. The half lap dovetails were the motivation for the initiation of this piece.
Next I moved onto the base. I wanted to stay true to more traditional joinery when possible so I used draw-bore mortise and tenons for the first time on this piece. This process worked out quite well in this case since the odd shapes would have made clamping very difficult. The pins are cocobolo and the same process was used for the base/uprights joint as well as the upright/lookout joint.
The table is built to be 'knocked down' for easier transportation. The base is two separate pieces the for an 'X' and is fastened with a single bolt from the bottom that threads straight up into a trapped nut in one half of the base. The same idea of a bolt and trapped nut was used to fasten the base to the top; the trapped nut was inserted into the upper half of each halflap dovetail.
The top has 3/8" tempered glass which adds some nice visual and physical weight to the piece.
Thanks for reading!
NWB
Photo credit Jim Dugan (www.jimdugan.com)
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Originally Posted by gary Zimmel
