Kevin Smira
01-04-2019, 2:35 PM
All,
I have two table leaves that were made by my great-grandfather over 100 yrs ago. They have been sitting in my storage room upstairs for the better part of 4 years now, and have traveled across the country with me for the better part of the last 10. The table is somewhere long gone now, but I wish I could just use them with the table. However, since I can't I want to do something with them. When I got them from mom, I wasn't really into woodworking, but now that I am, I would like to re-purpose them in some way. Each leaf looks to be oak, a 3 board glue up, about 12 inches in width, 6 foot long and nearly an inch thick. They are in such great shape that I wouldn't have to thickness them at all. I would just have to strip the finish off. Of the 12" width, a little of that on each edge is taken up with the leaf pins, but that's only at 3 or 4 places along the length.
I could just re-purpose them as shelves, but that seems kind of cheesy. I was wondering if anyone would like to suggest something?
Thanks,
Kevin
I have two table leaves that were made by my great-grandfather over 100 yrs ago. They have been sitting in my storage room upstairs for the better part of 4 years now, and have traveled across the country with me for the better part of the last 10. The table is somewhere long gone now, but I wish I could just use them with the table. However, since I can't I want to do something with them. When I got them from mom, I wasn't really into woodworking, but now that I am, I would like to re-purpose them in some way. Each leaf looks to be oak, a 3 board glue up, about 12 inches in width, 6 foot long and nearly an inch thick. They are in such great shape that I wouldn't have to thickness them at all. I would just have to strip the finish off. Of the 12" width, a little of that on each edge is taken up with the leaf pins, but that's only at 3 or 4 places along the length.
I could just re-purpose them as shelves, but that seems kind of cheesy. I was wondering if anyone would like to suggest something?
Thanks,
Kevin