Tilt-top table
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Saw this table on the 1stdibs.com web site the other day and couldn't resist modeling it. The top was easy, since I could trace one of the images on 1stdibs. Had to make my best guess when it came to the legs and turned center post. I added a latch for the top, based on one sold by Whitechapel, Ltd. The original is made of cherry and dates to about 1810.
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Very good. Those legs look very light. I bet the pieces of wood had to be chose very carefully.
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Thanks, Dave. Yeah, the legs would be a challenge in the shop. But I'll guess that straight-grained cherry was easier to find in 1810 than it is now. Cheaper, too.
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Plus, if you look at the number of old tables with feet broken off, mechanical strength may have taken second place to appearance.
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