Table for fourteen?
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The 1stdibs.com web site recently listed this banquet table, built in about 1790. It's made of mahogany and consists of three sections: two demilune end pieces, with a center section that has two large drop leaves. A forest of square molded legs--fourteen in all--support the enterprise. The center section has four legs that pivot out to hold up the drop leaves, plus two stationary legs. When opened fully, the table is 10 ft. 7-1/2 in. long, and 5 ft. wide. I've detailed the model with joinery, but not the hinges for the rule joints on the drop leaves.
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Nice work on that table. My brother needs one like that for his Thanksgiving dinners. He's usually got three different tables pushed together.
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Thanks, Dave.
This table wouldn't be that difficult to build, although I think it would get really boring to make all 14 legs.
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dh -
True that. If they were turned legs, you'd get pretty good at making duplicate turnings.
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I can barely manage to make four passable duplicates. I can't imagine making fourteen.
There's a wonderful woodworker/artist/woodturner named Beth Ireland, who lives near Boston and who started a woodworking business several years ago. A client hired her to make something like 500 balusters for a staircase, and that's how she learned to turn.
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