MalcolmYoung
trestle table
This table is the only project I've done that I didn't screw up at some point. The top is made from two bookmatched planks of cherry - each 18" wide. There are thirteen butterfly joints in the top to deal with some small splits. Top is connected with 4 dovetails on the top of each leg (trestle). When the two Wenge wedges are tapped into the through-tenons in the stretcher, the dovetails on the legs tighten into dovetail mortises cut into the top.
The closest chair was made from a third plank that was split - the little butterfly joint at the front of the seat (an admitted design error) is from the same block of Wenge as the wedges in the table. The metal frames on this and the similar Rosewood chair on the left were made by a local blacksmith - Bear Mountain Forge.
trestle table
This table is the only project I've done that I didn't screw up at some point. The top is made from two bookmatched planks of cherry - each 18" wide. There are thirteen butterfly joints in the top to deal with some small splits. Top is connected with 4 dovetails on the top of each leg (trestle). When the two Wenge wedges are tapped into the through-tenons in the stretcher, the dovetails on the legs tighten into dovetail mortises cut into the top.
The closest chair was made from a third plank that was split - the little butterfly joint at the front of the seat (an admitted design error) is from the same block of Wenge as the wedges in the table. The metal frames on this and the similar Rosewood chair on the left were made by a local blacksmith - Bear Mountain Forge.