Another table

[monstrol]

This was a long winded project for a client who was specific in her desires regardless of my reservations.  Top made of laminated rift sawn white oak, 3 inches thick to be solid wood.
Trestle table design with 2-18 inch leaves on the ends that will give her a 10 foot table. Turned bases also oak but not rift sawn. Also no apron. The table is very heavy and will the families main dining table as the new house has no formal dining room. Did I mention the table is very heavy.

 

[Klemm]

Wow, what a project and understandable reservations.
reminds me: once while discussing clients with high-end New York interior designer Mario Buatta, he said his dream was that "all the clients with taste would wake up with money - and that all the clients with money would wake up with taste"
[big grin]
Hans

 

[Cheese]

Mario Buatta said his dream was that "all the clients with taste would wake up with money - and that all the clients with money would wake up with taste"

Amen...nicely said Mario.  [big grin]

 

[rnt80]

Good lord.  That thing must weigh a ton.

 

[Elmar50]

Some dog holes, a vise and it would make a bitchin' workbench when not being used for dinner.

 

[#Tee]

dam the bread board is sooo big it has its own bread board

 

[Bohdan]

Where do you store the extra leaves?

 

[monstrol]

We left them in the closet, they weigh about 80 lbs. Again not my idea and against my recommendation.

 

[bdiemer]

Wow ! Where did my breath go ?

 

[ear3]

Man, you must have a monster lathe to handle those posts.

Just curious, but is it safe to lean/sit on the right end of the table when the leaf is installed?  That seems like a lot of unsupported weight...

 

[monstrol]

I wouldn't.  The client has been warned.  She is only going to use the leaves for holiday dinners. The leaves have a 1 and 1/2 x 3 inch  glides (for lack of a better word) that extend under the table.
This project enabled me to buy the XL 700 which I used to make enlarged, maple  "mega" table leaf pins holes 14 mm thick, 100 mm deep, and about 5 inches wide. I used 3 per leaf. It would take a significant force to cause them to fail. I didn't get any pics of the bottom. I needed a helper to flip the da#n thing.