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Dodgy Loner

October 07, 2011, 10:04:53 AM
Mrs. Loner asked for a small table to sit beside the rocking chair in our soon-to-be-occupied nursery. I've been wanting to make a Shaker tripod table for a long time, so I happily obliged. I was really surprised by how little time it took - only three evenings to complete. There really aren't a lot of pieces, and the joinery (sliding dovetails) is about as simple as it gets.





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October 07, 2011, 10:16:03 AM
You do nice work. I like your projects.
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October 07, 2011, 10:27:16 AM
Nice! :)

Sometimes I've seen a metal plate underneath the post.  Did your plans call for that?  Did you turn the top?
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October 07, 2011, 10:46:56 AM
Thanks, Buck and metalspinner!

I didn't exactly use "plans" except for the shape of the leg. I wasn't sure I could just freehand a pleasing shape, so I copied that out of Kerry Pierce's book "Pleasant Hill Shaker Furniture". The rest of the table was determined by the height that I wanted and the size of the stock that I had on hand. For example, the table in Kerry Pierce's book has a top 16.5" in diameter, but my cherry stock was 7.5" wide, so I just made the top 15" diameter so I wouldn't have to glue it up from 3 pieces. I do plan to install a metal plate on the bottom, but I haven't gotten around to doing that yet...

As far a the top goes, I just glued a couple of board together and flattened them with a hand plane, then I put it on the lathe to shape the roundover on the underside. If you look closely a the last photo, you can see the screw holes where I attached it to my faceplate.
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October 07, 2011, 10:57:40 AM
Quote from: metalspinner on October 07, 2011, 10:27:16 AM
Nice! :)

Sometimes I've seen a metal plate underneath the post.  Did your plans call for that?  Did you turn the top?

Agree it is a nice looking piece of woodwork.

Am wondering just where this metal plate underneath the post would go, and what it would do?
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October 07, 2011, 11:16:38 AM
I tried to look up a picture online to give you an idea of what we're talking about, but I came up empty. I'll post a picture when I install the plate on my table. Basically, the purpose of the plate is to reinforce the dovetail joinery in the legs by preventing them from spreading over time. The joints seem quite strong as-is, but hopefully the plate will make the table last 200 years instead of 100 :)
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October 07, 2011, 11:58:44 AM
Pretty!
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October 07, 2011, 07:01:38 PM
Very nice. 100yrs is a long time. bg

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October 07, 2011, 07:54:29 PM
I like your little table, it's quite common to see similar tables in many homes around here.  :) Often they are lamp stands.
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October 07, 2011, 08:04:44 PM
That wood is going to darken nicely and take on a beautiful patina.  That is one that the little Dodgy Loner will have one day.  Y'all are getting close to being a crowd.
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#10
October 07, 2011, 08:14:13 PM
Excellent!! very nice lay out of the wood grain. Shaker design is so simplistic you can not improve upon it. other than you did,by adding your own touch! Tim

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October 07, 2011, 10:39:45 PM
Very elegant.   smiley_thumbsup
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#12
October 08, 2011, 12:01:41 PM
Wish I had a job running a lathe. Once I get a piece rounded off, I can't stop taking out material. It's addictive. Guess if my job was to run a lathe, it would probably get old pretty quick and kill the fun though.
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#13
October 09, 2011, 03:36:20 PM
Nice work, Dodgy! 

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