Big Trestle Table Build in Pic

[Dean Van Dolsen]

This one is 14 foot but I now need to build a 30 foot one for some big dinner parties.

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Center of the legs.

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Here's the 9" X 3-1/2" leg stretcher.


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Here show the mortice glued in.

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Here's the feet.

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And if all goes well it's plumb straight across on both sides.
I should have taken a pic of it when it was clamped to the deck of my table saw with 1-1/2" stand off blocks to clear the clamps..
I'll get one up on the next go around.
As soon as I drill out the mortise with a spade bit and finish up with th big router and a 2" flush cutter I'll be ready to glue the third side on using a indexing block jammed in the mortise hole.
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[Dean Van Dolsen]

Here's how I glue and clamp useing the deck of the table saw to laminate both pieces flat.
This is the second leg. I will add the third layer as soo as it's dry and routed flush with the smaller one.

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Here is the leg base flush routed and waiting for the other side to be glue on.

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Here is the tenon after boreing most of the meat out and then flush routed.
The corners of the hole will now be squared out with a large corner chisel.

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The sander was not big enough to do this so I extended it.




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Starting to take shape.




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The tenons came out OK.








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I'm going to run this router bit profile on both edges with the point of the bit routing into the joints to conceal them.
After that I'll run a large chamfer on it.
I'll do this all with the had held router though. ;)




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Here's Cher's table at her home in Malibu. Setting place for 12. Probably Limoges.
I'm really liking the light fixtures. Met a fella at Cowboy Christmas here in Vegas that has a CNC plasma machine that be more than happy to blast those out for me.
That's a lot of chain.
http://www.micalampshade.com/Mica_Sheet.html

OK! That does it. I'm reglazing our chairs to match the table and reupholstering them too. http://store.schindlersfabrics.com/upfavedaparo3.html After Thanksgiving. ;)

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These are now ready for the top rails and the bases.

[Dean Van Dolsen]

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[Dean Van Dolsen]

Here's one of the bottom legs of the pedestal drying.


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Here's the top rail that supports the table top.
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It's still in the rough stage but this it how it looks sans the top rail has not been band sawed and sanded to shape.

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So here's the pair of legs.

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Here is one of the legs after it had been taken apart and profile sanded and them dry fit back together. The front and back will be sanded after the routing has been done.


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[Dean Van Dolsen]

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Here's the leg and foot with the triple bead detail run on it and awaiting a 45 degree chamfer on the corners.
I strategically line up the router bit so that hide the glue joint being it's at the bottom of one of the bead.


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Here it is now run with the chamfer and beads ready for sanding and assembly.

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Here's the top rail.
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All sanded and waiting to be draw bored.



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Nice tight fit...................

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[Dean Van Dolsen]

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Looks like enough room for the chairs.

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Thanks for the kind words guys. 8-)


Here shows the pegs inserted and sanded flush after draw boring. The holes in the tenon are actually a heavy 1/16th off center so when the pegs go in they bend some holding everything tight.

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The chamfer bit arrived yesterday! :holysheep


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Or when I get this table done. Little chilly right now out in the shop.
So the mortise holes for the wedges are cut and the wedges have been made.
Just need a whole lot of sanding now.


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your table looks great it will be a real work of art fit for the finest meals ..





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[Dean Van Dolsen]

As usual it just starts out as a heap of boards pictured here.

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Wifey really likes these two chairs.

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If all goes well everything comes out square.








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Here's Barbie putting the screws to the last board glued on for a final length of 14 feet long by 48 inches wide.




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So now we have this 400 lb board........

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This pic shows how the ends are attached via a huge mortise and tenon joints.


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Here shows the ends that were draw bored and pinned in place. The dowels actually make a bend when hammered in because of the holes are drilled off axis from each other on the bottom side of the table top.

[Dean Van Dolsen]

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[Dean Van Dolsen]

The Dark Side

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Sealed and Sanded.

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Final Coat Curing today! : ;D

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Pardon our dust!

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The tops done. Needs the 1-3/4" apron and 1-1/2" Rope Molding.


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Here's the table with the chairs.



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Were re-doing the upholstery in Red Demask Velvet and the wood in a Bronze Leaf to match the mirror.

[Dean Van Dolsen]

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[Dean Van Dolsen]

2-1/2 days with a handplane and a square left zero aberration in the surface. ;)

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[Dean Van Dolsen]

http://www.castlesandmanorhouses.com/architecture.htm


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We made matching Pepper Mills.

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[Dean Van Dolsen]

We will need 20 of these chairs



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[Dean Van Dolsen]

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[Dean Van Dolsen]

Suitable flooring to match.

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[Bruce Volden]

Well, I don't know what to say!!!! Don't call me to help move it.
Outstanding craftsmanship! Really enjoyed seeing it come together on this thread.
I will be having a junkyard sale on my tools now;>)

Bruce

[Jerry Thompson]

Holy Toledo!!!!

[Eduard Nemirovsky]

WOW:D !! This is a big table !!!
Nicely done. Thank you for sharing.
Ed.

[Bruce Page]

Impressive on a LARGE scale!
And those chairs!

Beautiful work!