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27th January 2011, 08:45 AM #1Senior Member
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Occasional table
I recently asked for some ideas on feet for tables. There were a few suggestions but I eventually went to a local antique store and took photos.
I came up with the feet that are on the table in the photo from a Chinese style stand at the shop. They are not all that hard to make once the template is made.
However, I decided to make the table from some old river oak that I had no other use for, mistake #1. River oak is hard, snarly and as cranky as a woman at a once a year sale without her hubby's credit card. Have you tried to work black or Sally wattle, well like that.
The table is 700mm high and a top at 300mm. It is yet to be sprayed.
The legs were dovetailed into a small round, with flattened areas at the 120 degree position, and then the bottom of the pole was given a spigot that fitted into the round that the legs were attached to. This made it much easier to dovetail the leg slots, and allowed for mistakes.
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27th January 2011, 11:45 AM #2Senior Member
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Very Nice
It looks unique, I like it very much . Is there a chance of some close ups of the grain .
Are you going to blacken (japan) it or just clear stain?
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27th January 2011, 12:55 PM #3Skwair2rownd
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Interesting> The grain will need proper orientation for those feet>
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27th January 2011, 03:02 PM #4
There's a bit of work in those feet!
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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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27th January 2011, 04:20 PM #5Senior Member
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Not really, I was surprised at the ease of making them, once the method was worked out. Cutting the returns was done using a 22mm forstner bit, and then the rest is easily cut out on a band saw as there is no hard turns to follow.
Once the template is made, life becomes easier.
I am not saying it is simple, but it is not a difficult as one would think.
I have other thoughts on these feet designs, ie using 4, one set up and one set down with a short pole for a coffee table so it would be 4 each end.
For a round table the same thing only 6 only with them set like they are on this table.
Thanks for your comment
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27th January 2011, 04:22 PM #6Senior Member
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27th January 2011, 04:25 PM #7Senior Member
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Photos of Occasional table
Hope they turn out.
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27th January 2011, 07:34 PM #9Senior Member
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