GaryMGg
Member
Pics of a soon-to-be coffee table for our media room.
The base is a pair of legs and a shelf joined with stub Mortise & Tenons
using glue. Period! Spalted quartersawn sycamore.
A closer shot of the joints.
The top is a slab of Florida Camphor with a hand-cut Black Cherry Nakashima-style bowtie.
Finished size is roughly 50" long X 16" wide X 1-1/8" thick.
The table is set a little lower than normal: the top of the table top is
16-1/2" because it's the perfect height for our feet while watching a
movie or the game. :biggrin:
I've yet to attach the top or lay on a finish. I'm still trying to decide
if I need to add anything to provide structural support to it.
For those of you who also build furniture, a question: I'm not completely
confident the stub mortise & tenons joining the legs and shelf which make
up the base are sufficient for the long-term survival of this table.
If you were going to add aprons, how would you do design them?
What other options would you consider to prevent a collapse from racking?
I have several ideas I know will work; I'm seeking opinions to see if anyone
has a solution that I'd prefer to my own.
Thanks,
Gary
The base is a pair of legs and a shelf joined with stub Mortise & Tenons
using glue. Period! Spalted quartersawn sycamore.
A closer shot of the joints.
The top is a slab of Florida Camphor with a hand-cut Black Cherry Nakashima-style bowtie.
Finished size is roughly 50" long X 16" wide X 1-1/8" thick.
The table is set a little lower than normal: the top of the table top is
16-1/2" because it's the perfect height for our feet while watching a
movie or the game. :biggrin:
I've yet to attach the top or lay on a finish. I'm still trying to decide
if I need to add anything to provide structural support to it.
For those of you who also build furniture, a question: I'm not completely
confident the stub mortise & tenons joining the legs and shelf which make
up the base are sufficient for the long-term survival of this table.
If you were going to add aprons, how would you do design them?
What other options would you consider to prevent a collapse from racking?
I have several ideas I know will work; I'm seeking opinions to see if anyone
has a solution that I'd prefer to my own.
Thanks,
Gary