I had a chance to puchase a couple of slabs from a walnut tree that was cut down in NC. I'm working with a local carpenter buddy to make a dining room table out of the slabs. The idea is for me to work on the legs (turned) and he's going to do the top. I don't have the equipment to work with the large slabs.
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Anyways, we're thinking of a trestle style kind of table. No Apron, we're gonna let the 2" top be the focal point. I'm having a hard time coming up with legs I like, and I realize 'like' is a very subjective idea. But I was curious if any of you would have any ideas or examples. This is a rough sketchup of the legs I like best so far, but I'm not crazy about them. The foot and caps will be a little different than the model here, they are just there as placeholders at this point while I design the leg. They need to be ~22" tall (plus 4" foot, 2" cap, and 2" top for 30"), we're gonna start with 8" blanks (16/4 glued up x2) and try to keep the legs fairly robust to support a big heavy top. There will either be stretchers underneath the table top between caps, or We're playing with the idea of a curved ')(' shaped trestle between the legs, which would require a flat spot somewhere on the leg to mortise in for the stretcher if we go that route.
I don't feel like I have a good eye for spinny things yet. I was wondering if any of you guys had any examples/thoughts/considerations as to the leg shape/design. We're trying for a formal/simple kind of look, ie not county/farmhouse look, but not crazy busy either.
Thanks in advance.
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