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Robert wrote:Nice bit of drawing too
I like the rotating suggestion. Could be possible with a fabricated steel base and make a wood cover to hide it.
TheTiddles wrote:
Any way I look at it, the wastage will be huge, as will the lathe required to turn it.
I'm thinking the route on this will be:
1) Order the glass
2) Make and fit the bosses to support the glass (got the elm for that)
3) If all looks ok at that point, make a prototype base from pine
I'm not feeling confident enough to start with £100+ of elm cut into small pieces
This may take a while...
TheTiddles wrote:There are certainly many ways of making a rotating table, but the question not being answered is... Why? I can't think of the last time I found the lack of rotation of a coffee table to be a problem!
The choice of construction is ongoing, the additional factor that I hadn't thought of a way or articulating till tonight is that they all need to be weighed against the probability of success, a method of construction that is highly efficient but is unlikely to be perfect is a loser, coopering is one such idea like that I think, could I make a barrel right first time? Probably not, so this idea scores low ultimately as I'm going to have to look at this thing every day
Aidan
fred wrote:Why? Because it's a wheel that used to turn, and one of the first things that's going to pop into someone's head when seeing the table for the first time is "does it turn?". Of course it doesn't have to, it wouldn't be the end of the world if it didn't, but just think of the added bonus and feature rotation would give.
Also, doing a google image search for "industrial table round" throws up some interesting stuff.
Cheers
fred
Woodbloke wrote:It used to be a wheel, but it ain't any more…it's a coffee table top (or will be) and they don't, as far as I'm aware, spin. I couldn't think of anything more irritating than to put a mug of Aidan's freshly brewed coffee, straight out the machine, plus a slab of his extremely yummy cappuccino cake onto the table top, only to have it whisked away as Mrs Tiddles turned it not to mention the loss of said brew as it got spilt all over the polished glass surface.
It used to be called 'fitness for purpose' when I were a lad
fred wrote:Pmsl. Fair enough!
Cheers
fred
Woodbloke wrote:fred wrote:Why? Because it's a wheel that used to turn, and one of the first things that's going to pop into someone's head when seeing the table for the first time is "does it turn?". Of course it doesn't have to, it wouldn't be the end of the world if it didn't, but just think of the added bonus and feature rotation would give.
Also, doing a google image search for "industrial table round" throws up some interesting stuff.
Cheers
fred
It used to be a wheel, but it ain't any more…it's a coffee table top (or will be) and they don't, as far as I'm aware, spin. I couldn't think of anything more irritating than to put a mug of Aidan's freshly brewed coffee, straight out the machine, plus a slab of his extremely yummy cappuccino cake onto the table top, only to have it whisked away as Mrs Tiddles turned it not to mention the loss of said brew as it got spilt all over the polished glass surface.
It used to be called 'fitness for purpose' when I were a lad
Had a look at the 'industrial table round' pics as well Fred and I'd lay a round pound to a pinch of somat nasty that not many of them spin. One appears to go up and down and may turn, but 'tis difficult to tell from the pics - Rob
TheTiddles wrote:..... However, have a look at this... http://brandnerdesign.com/collections/furniture/dining-table/truss-table.html it's gorgeous and the elm dining table was heading this way after months of not finding the right castings, I'd even lined up the laser cutters to do it.
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