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AJB Temple wrote:That will be a very nice project. Are you just doing the extension at one end, or is this just to simplify the drawing?
Most genuine old tables that I have seen have rather thicker tops than yours appears to be. What is the dimension there?
These things at that sort of size have considerable weight. You've seen mine: my wife and I moved it from the room where the piano is, to the new kitchen and just shifting the top was a real struggle.
Would be nice to have just three wider planks if they are available?
AJB Temple wrote:Just been thinking about the chairs. Usually Elizabethan chairs have quite simple (almost bobbin style) turned front rails. Just interested in what you are basing the design on. I have a couple of books detailing genuine Tudor, Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture if you would like to borrow them.
Oak Furniture by Victor Chinnery is regarded by many as a definitive guide. Excellent book.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oak-Furniture- ... 1851490132
Bargain at £20.
Andyp wrote:.....Thanks for rekindling an idea I had for thickness sander. With a longer drum with a hinged board underneath and resting on the lathe bed with an adjusting mechanism
Mike G wrote:Andyp wrote:.....Thanks for rekindling an idea I had for thickness sander. With a longer drum with a hinged board underneath and resting on the lathe bed with an adjusting mechanism
That should work, and be very simple to make. It might help if your lathe can run in reverse, otherwise you'd have to pull the workpiece through from the wrong side.
Mike G wrote:Yep, that's what I am doing at the moment, Rob.
I've never built a chair, but the only things I can see that are difficult about this design are the skewed tenons. Everything else about the joinery is square and straight.
Mike G wrote:Yep, that's what I am doing at the moment, Rob.
I've never built a chair, but the only things I can see that are difficult about this design are the skewed tenons. Everything else about the joinery is square and straight.
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