Dining Room Table progress W/PICS

[Chris DiCiaccio]

Well, here is the dry fit for our dining room table. It is of solid hard maple, legs are solid stock, not laminated. Simple design but everything is on the angle so a little challenging for me. It will get a dark mahogany stain and a 1/2 inch glass top which measures 42 x 72.

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[Jim Becker]

Chris, that's a wonderful looking design and I bet it will be outstanding once that glass top is in place. Great job!

[Jason Tuinstra]

Chris, great design. I'm sure this is going to be a topic of conversation over many a meal. I look forward to seeing it when it's done!

[Jerry Olexa]

Great design.. lots of challenging angles. You should be proud when you add the glass and sit down to dinner..

[Tony Falotico]

Beautiful, can't wait to see it finished.

[Dave Avery]

Chris,

I like the design, too, but is that pink in your dining room?????? Dave (after a couple too many glasses of wine this evening) ;)

[Chris DiCiaccio]

Thanks for the comments. No sir, that's not pink, its kinda peach or salmon. Have a great night.

[Byron Trantham]

Chris, I really like the design. Very nice job indeed.

When you get the top bring Godzilla with you. They're VERY heavy. :D

[Ted Shrader]

Chris -

Great design. Very nice looking. Will the tops of the posts have some kind of rubber on them where the glass top rests?

Regards,
Ted

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Chris...I like your design and the way you executed it! Great work. Can't wait to see the finished project!

[Chris DiCiaccio]

Yes, I have bought some thin round rubber disks which are clear and are peel and stick. Hopefully it will keep it secured. Thanks for the comments.

[Terre Hooks]

Why didn't you build it out of Walnut or Mahogany if you wanted it dark?

[Alan Turner]

Chris,
Nice design. As to mounting the glass, in 1979 I built my day job office desk, and still use it. I went with 3/4" glass, and my "monting" was to take nice thick belting leather, and punch 1" dia. disks from it. I then inset those disks in very shallow holes, just so they would not slide around. It has worked well for 25 years. You may find that as people lean on the table, asuming the wine is plentiful, that the adhesive on the plastic does not hold, and you are adjusting it, resetting the plastic, etc.

Happy dining. Lots of fun angles there.
Alan

[Chris DiCiaccio]

Terre-Walnut would have worked as well, but maple was what I had available. Need to practice my staining skills anyway.

Alan-Thanks so much for the information. I will consider the leather. Was it just regular belt leather and if so do you remember the thickness of it and also the depth and diameter of the recess?

Thanks guys, have a great week.

[Alan Turner]

Thickness was a thick as I had or could get. I used 3/4" round because that was what I had in terms of a punch, but perhaps on yours a square shape would be better. Just drill the hole with a forstner bit to a bit shallower than the thickness of the leather.
Alan