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Thread: Grey Ironbark dining table WIP
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13th January 2011, 08:01 AM #46GOLD MEMBER
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loved seeing the old brace and bit, CH. thanks for posting all these great photos
I don't understand the need for the 4 sided skirt if the legs are not connected to it. Understand that a cross piece would be good to prevent the top from bowingregards,
Dengy
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13th January 2011, 08:10 AM #47
In about 1987, I made a six-seater Elm kitchen table for some friends to complement their harlequin set of Windsor chairs in their holiday cottage in Somerset. It was a Windsor flavoured table with a cross brace inset about a foot from each end and the 'Windsor' turned legs were inserted through the braces and top and then wedged as per the Windsor chairs (and your table).
To my eye, the framing of your table has all of a sudden become obsolete. It looks like you've taken an existing table whose legs have been lost and then stuck in four new legs for a quick sale. Not your finest work Claw. Just my opinion (bear in mind I don't know or understand anything about modern design)..
I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.
Regards, Woodwould.
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13th January 2011, 08:21 AM #48GOLD MEMBER
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I would not have chosen those legs either but as long as the client likes it .
I've just become an optimist . Iv'e made a 25 year plan -oopps I've had a few birthdays - better make that a 20 year plan
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13th January 2011, 08:29 AM #49
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13th January 2011, 08:45 AM #50
This is the clients design, they came to me with fuzzy magazine cutout and said we want one of these. The cross brace is needed to keep the 30mm think Ironbark in check and the table in the photo had a skirt right round too so it is for looks as much as anything although it does help stop the outer edges of the Ironbark from wanting to curl. I am going to put a block between the side skirt and the leg, it has a very tiny bit of flex that a block should fix. Anyway it looks almost identical to their photo so I have done my job. Thats how most of my work comes in, a lot of the time I get to put my own twist on things which is more fun. Bear in mind the only thing I have ever made from a plan/drawing was the baby cradle.
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13th January 2011, 09:12 AM #51
Well they can hardly complain if that's what they asked for and you did say pencil legs
I'd like to see the top with some finish on it - I think it will look speccyLast edited by Sawdust Maker; 13th January 2011 at 09:26 AM. Reason: spellin'
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Nick
veni, vidi, tornavi
Without wood it's just ...
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13th January 2011, 09:18 AM #52
Customers! They should be disuaded from 'contributing' to the design process. If a leg breaks off, guess who they'll blame! If not directly to you, possibly to another prospective customer.
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I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.
Regards, Woodwould.
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13th January 2011, 09:40 AM #53GOLD MEMBER
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Crikey CH, you get some harsh (but fair) critics on this forum
But to be fair, I have only found great support and great inspiration here
Damn customers, always right !!! Even if they are Philistines
Philistine Meaning and Definition
- (n.) A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests.
regards,
Dengy
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13th January 2011, 09:53 AM #54
See Jill
We're not realy critising CH and especially not his workmanship
My preference is for a table I can stand on to change the light globes if need be. I'm not sure I'd trust one with pencil legs to hold my weightregards
Nick
veni, vidi, tornavi
Without wood it's just ...
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13th January 2011, 09:55 AM #55
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13th January 2011, 09:57 AM #56
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13th January 2011, 10:03 AM #57
Ercol popularised this style of furniture in the mid 50s.
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I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.
Regards, Woodwould.
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