Cherry Tilt Top Table

[Rojo22]

This is a tilt top table I finished recently. The top is done in cherry veneer, but all the other pieces are made from quarter sawn Pennsylvania cherry. This wood has been in the basement of a fellow wood turner for over 30 years, so it was definitely seasoned! I have to say that the cherry pedestal was a treat to turn, as the wood was great to work with and finished great.

There are 15 coats of laquer, and ren wax as the finish. Before anyone volunteers to give it a home, it is in my mothers living room, and I would give a SEAL team about a 20% chance of making it in and getting back out, without the table.....LOL....

This one is very different from the George the X table, in that it is not a replication, nor is it as fancy, but I gotta say, it was fun to turn and and the form is all my own (not sure that is good or bad...LOL...).

As always comments good and bad are both appreciated.

 

[mredburn]

Nicely done, I like simple simple designs myself . MIke

 

[Russell Eaton]

If that one is your mom's where is Robins? Very nice!

 

[Rojo22]

If that one is your mom's where is Robins? Very nice!

Robin gets her table back from the Georgia Fair on October 21st, and then she will have the George the X table back in the formal dining room.

 

[artme]

:highfive::highfive::highfive:

 

[papaturner]

Beautiful,Robert.

 

[mickr]

skillfully done:good:

 

[GaryMGg]

One day I might be that talented.

 

[VisExp]

Beautiful work!

Are the legs dovetailed into the stand?

 

[Rojo22]

Keith

The legs are dovetailed into the table column at the leg end. We turn the column, and then dovetail the ends to receive the legs. We have a special handmade custom jig that we use on a Powermatic 3520a that makes it a little easier to get the legs to come out correctly. We take 3 passes with a router in the jig, one to flatten the shoulder area on the column, the second is a straight bit pass to remove most of the inside material of the dovetail cut, and the final pass is the dovetail cut with the router. Takes nerves of steel though when you got that thing all the way turned, and then one little slip and its all over....Designer Firewood....LOL....

Thanks for all the positive comments everyone!

Robert