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Trestle Table

comments (2) September 2nd, 2010 in Reader's Gallery

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Rustic Plank Top GalleyTrestle Table.   5' X 33"  Mortise and tenon joinery,eight screws, and very little glue, Designed to come apart for portability with the aid of a rubber mallet.

Base-- feet, uprights, and  shoulders of 1 1/8 inch red oak, stained with Miniwax "Natural" stain and Minwax Fast-Dry Poly. Feet and shoulders  are made from one piece, dado-ed, halved, then glued together  for the upright tenons -- as described in this magazine, a few issues back.

Plank Top--white oak planks,  2 planks each side fastened with screws to cleats which fit into dadoed 1" grooves onto the shoulders, makes a tight fit.  Top planks and Trestle keys of same white oak, stained with Varathane "Golden Pecan" with 4 coats Minwax Fast-Drying  Polyurethane with  light sanding  between  the four 4 coats, finished off with rubbed on Almond Oil.

Trestles first stained with  Miniwax "Provincial" stain, lightly sanded and over-stained with the "Golden Pecan".  Trestles fit into 1/2 grooves, 1 inch long, cut in the uprights, with 1/4 " grooves on all four sides of trestles. Makes a tight fit, even without the keys.

All wood from centuries-old trees felled by a tornado 18 years ago, planked out, and stored in a horse barn and was given to me which I planed out myself (with free access to more including walnut and cherry for  future projects!)

With no scroll saw available, the curves were cut as close as possible with a bandsaw, and filed out using an old half-round bastard file--took all summer.

Design is my own, something I remembered and similiar to knock-down furnishings seen from my participation in Rev. War Re-enactments here in the Midwest. Complements my kitchen cabinets of framed oak wainscotting doors, and my pantry . Benches are in process.

 

 

 


Design or Plan used: My own design
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acsqcman acsqcman writes: Thanks for the comment!
Yep, I thought the added finial ends would "spruce" up an otherwise plain design! I don't have a lathe (yet) to cut anything round, so thought the keys were a nice add-on.
DJ
Posted: 10:02 pm on September 4th

OldShavings OldShavings writes: Guess this piece demonstrates the upside of a tornado?

Like the little design twists you've added. That key in your tenon, for instance. Makes it YOUR trestle table...yet it's still recognizably a trestle table.
Posted: 10:08 am on September 3rd

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