John Fry
11-05-2006, 11:22 PM
I just finished building two bent lamination drum tables. I posted the thread on the construction of these little tables about a week ago. If you haven’t seen it, here is the link,
A little table that took a whole lot of work. (Pix) (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=44855)
The Indonesian rosewood table was commissioned for a client, and I built this one out of Striped Asian Ebony. I will keep this one in my gallery. They were built at the same time and the only difference is that on the ebony table, I used wenge stiles.
http://www.chiselandbit.com/cgi-script/CSUpload//upload/Drum_table%252edb/ebony%202.jpg
I stayed with the designer’s choice of the “falling leaves” for the pulls.
http://www.chiselandbit.com/cgi-script/CSUpload//upload/Drum_table%252edb/ebony%203.jpg
This table also has a 16 segment starburst veneered top. The striped wood really shows off here.
http://www.chiselandbit.com/cgi-script/CSUpload//upload/Drum_table%252edb/ebony%205.jpg
This detail shot really shows how I had to shape the outer face of the stiles to match the diameter of the round horizontally curved molding.
http://www.chiselandbit.com/cgi-script/CSUpload//upload/Drum_table%252edb/ebony7.jpg
When I’m gluing the outer framework on my veneered tops, I am a stickler for perfectly aligned joints where the frame segment meets the veneer segments. If all eight of these aren’t perfect, I think the top is trash.
Anyway, I’m not sure which one I like best, here they are side by side,
http://www.chiselandbit.com/cgi-script/CSUpload//upload/Drum_table%252edb/400%20rose.jpghttp://www.chiselandbit.com/cgi-script/CSUpload//upload/Drum_table%252edb/400%20ebony.jpg
Please tell me which one do you like the best?
Thanks for looking,
A little table that took a whole lot of work. (Pix) (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=44855)
The Indonesian rosewood table was commissioned for a client, and I built this one out of Striped Asian Ebony. I will keep this one in my gallery. They were built at the same time and the only difference is that on the ebony table, I used wenge stiles.
http://www.chiselandbit.com/cgi-script/CSUpload//upload/Drum_table%252edb/ebony%202.jpg
I stayed with the designer’s choice of the “falling leaves” for the pulls.
http://www.chiselandbit.com/cgi-script/CSUpload//upload/Drum_table%252edb/ebony%203.jpg
This table also has a 16 segment starburst veneered top. The striped wood really shows off here.
http://www.chiselandbit.com/cgi-script/CSUpload//upload/Drum_table%252edb/ebony%205.jpg
This detail shot really shows how I had to shape the outer face of the stiles to match the diameter of the round horizontally curved molding.
http://www.chiselandbit.com/cgi-script/CSUpload//upload/Drum_table%252edb/ebony7.jpg
When I’m gluing the outer framework on my veneered tops, I am a stickler for perfectly aligned joints where the frame segment meets the veneer segments. If all eight of these aren’t perfect, I think the top is trash.
Anyway, I’m not sure which one I like best, here they are side by side,
http://www.chiselandbit.com/cgi-script/CSUpload//upload/Drum_table%252edb/400%20rose.jpghttp://www.chiselandbit.com/cgi-script/CSUpload//upload/Drum_table%252edb/400%20ebony.jpg
Please tell me which one do you like the best?
Thanks for looking,