farmhouse tables

[mrgrimsdale]

New project. Big windows on hold.
Similar to the last one; stuff that's old and in the way. 3 sets of table legs which I got someone to copy on a copy lathe, from a Victorian original. They weren't that perfect and I shelved them about 15 years ago.
I've got to get rid of a lot of stuff like this which is much too good to burn.
And I'm trying to turn myself into a furniture maker.
Plan is to make 2 without drawers with shallow apron and brackets, and one with deep apron and an end drawer in the classic kitchen table design. Is "apron" the right word? The rail thingies. Feel a bit vague this morning . Sort them into sets, have a look at the timber heap and off to the drawing board. Tally ho!

[dom]

Nov 20, 2008 9:10:37 GMT mrgrimsdale said:

Is "apron" the right word?

Yes

[mrgrimsdale]

Done the details on the drawing board. But am doing the tops first before doing the rods. Because I've got some very nice u/s redwood 1 ¹/₂" x 6" and want the tops to be 5 or 6 whole boards wide; table made to fit the tops, so need to see how they come out. Originally intended sycamore tops but I need to shift some stuff.
It's nice fiddling about with furniture - it's so much easier than joinery, fewer components and less constraint on what you actually do.
These tables will match the chest of drawers I recycled.
Its not only farmhouse chunky stuff I want to do, if I can sell anything I might have a go at some hardwood, little cupboards on spindly legs perhaps ;D
Tomorrow I'm off to borrow back a little welsh settle which used to be mine as I have a drop-leaf welsh table to match it and am going to do a measured drawing of each for the next project. More farmhouse for the time being.

[mrgrimsdale]

Getting ahead of myself here, next project. Have collected welsh table and settle. They were made together as a set. Table was covered in 50s Fablon when I first found it and painted in green and red gloss. Top sycamore, legs/apron chestnut, drawer oak. Settle was painted dark maroon - paint almost ceratinly original, and covering mixed timbers - oak and redwood. I stripped it. I didn't know any better in 1975.
Copying stuff like this seem to be the way to work through my timber pile - mostly chapel remains - lots of matchboard and panelling etc. and some new redwood surplus to earlier jobs.