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I have an idea for a coffee table.

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I have an idea for a coffee table.

Postby Andyp » 02 Dec 2021, 18:34

Kinda want to think out loud on this. I have an idea for a coffee table.

Some of you may remember this

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made by Pinch of this parish and is the centre piece in the back of a settle.

Here is the original design of that logo as found in a staircase in the V&A

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I am wondering if I could alter that design to make a couple of table legs. The top of the V’s arms supporting the table and the bottom of the A’s legs resting on the ground.

I am wondering if these would look cool in metal. I am thinking coffee table height, about 13” high. Table top would be in wood about 16” wide. Not sure what metal or how thick. I met someone yesterday who could definitely make them.
Or maybe I should cut from a solid piece of wood. :eusa-think:

Design and imagination never my strong point. Would be interested in any thoughts.
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Re: I have an idea for a coffee table.

Postby AJB Temple » 02 Dec 2021, 18:40

Draw it out with the base of the V meeting the legs of the A. I think it alters the design significantly and looks busy.

Does anyone actually use a coffee table? Aka trip hazard always in the way.

You could do a console table instead and incorporate that design either into the legs, drawer fronts or even under a glass top.
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Re: I have an idea for a coffee table.

Postby Andyp » 02 Dec 2021, 19:03

AJB Temple wrote:Does anyone actually use a coffee table? Aka trip hazard always in the way.


I’m looking at one now. Littered with books, magazines, and games. It is up against a wall. The V in that image wants another one to go against a different wall in the same room. Maybe I should call it a side table rather than coffee table.
Console tables to me are full height in a hallway or similar.

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Postby Cabinetman » 02 Dec 2021, 20:28

It would need to be different proportions and would look very different. Here goes, imagine you have metal A"s and V"s, the cross bar of the A needs to be lower so that the point of the v goes through the triangular hole in the A to touch the floor, this then forms a free standing criss cross frame that the top sits on. There would be three points of contact on both the floor and the underside of the top, the more weight put on the top makes the frame brace more.
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Postby Andyp » 02 Dec 2021, 20:48

If and when you have a moment Ian a drawing would be a great help.
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Postby Cabinetman » 02 Dec 2021, 20:52

Well my drawing isn’t up to it so modelled it instead, not as successful as hoped and it would need to be fastened to the underside of the top then it would brace itself. Ian
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Postby Andyp » 02 Dec 2021, 20:59

Ian. Thankyou. Not just not just for the design but the way you modelled it. I will find some wire tomorrow and have a play.
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Postby Cabinetman » 02 Dec 2021, 21:46

The more I look at it the more I doubt it will work!
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Postby Malc2098 » 02 Dec 2021, 22:55

Andy,

Not sure if I can articulate this right, but rather than having the legs created from the V and the A, could the V and A in their circle be fitted in the middle of X cross legs, or something similar like two back to back Cs like a scissor arch.

Just a creative thought.

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Postby RogerS » 02 Dec 2021, 23:39

Andyp wrote:Ian. Thankyou. Not just not just for the design but the way you modelled it. I will find some wire tomorrow and have a play.


Ye'll hav' tae get a busy on. Christmas is nay far away, laddie :lol:
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Postby Andyp » 03 Dec 2021, 07:29

RogerS wrote:
Andyp wrote:Ian. Thankyou. Not just not just for the design but the way you modelled it. I will find some wire tomorrow and have a play.


Ye'll hav' tae get a busy on. Christmas is nay far away, laddie :lol:



I had that settle made for our 25th. Next year will be our 30th. (August bank holiday). My ideas do take some time to reach fruition.
She is getting a bbq for Christmas :)

Thinking if I could make one leg from the A the other from the V but with only point of contact on the base of the V perhaps this would be unstable.

My cad skills are not great. Scissors and cardboard may be the way to aid my visualisation of size and scale. :eusa-think:
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Postby DaveL » 03 Dec 2021, 09:13

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Postby StevieB » 03 Dec 2021, 10:07

You do not need CAD skills, if you have powerpoint or any drawing package really, just save a V and an A as separate text boxes then change the size and move around until they look right. You can change the font, scale one larger than the other etc. Should give you a basic idea even if you then need to tweak and less messy than cardboard!
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Postby Andyp » 04 Dec 2021, 11:36

OK. With Powerpoint and an alternative definition of CAD has led me to here.

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I do not like the font but I searched high and low last night for something to replicate the curves of the original without success.
I think with the right front and better spacing my idea has legs - pun intended.

I have tried to contact Paul to see how/where he got the original design but his email bounced. I hope he will see a PM.

Can anyone help me with the font?
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Postby RogerS » 04 Dec 2021, 12:02

Victorian font ....it's on the tomb of Albert. But that's about as far as I got. A lot of Victorian fonts are fancy. I suspect that this font was designed as it would be easier to carve/sculpt. Humbert was the architect of the Royal Mausoleum.
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Postby droogs » 04 Dec 2021, 13:28

Give the V&A a call and ask
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Postby Malc2098 » 04 Dec 2021, 14:08

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Postby Andyp » 04 Dec 2021, 16:26

Thanks Malc, I appreciate the effort that went into that.

What I still haven’t found, and I have trolled through 200 Victorian fonts, is one that has the nice curves in the verticals of both the V and the A and the arch in the A’s horizontal. I hope Paul( aka Pinch ) still has his original design/artwork and if it is digital I should be well away.

It would be so cool to replicate the design in the settle’s back into some table legs.

I have contacted the relevant department at the V&A, Design Arcitechure and Digital.
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Postby Malc2098 » 04 Dec 2021, 16:38

Andyp wrote:Thanks Malc, I appreciate the effort that went into that.

What I still haven’t found, and I have trolled through 200 Victorian fonts, is one that has the nice curves in the verticals of both the V and the A and the arch in the A’s horizontal. I hope Paul( aka Pinch ) still has his original design/artwork and if it is digital I should be well away.

It would be so cool to replicate the design in the settle’s back into some table legs.

I have contacted the relevant department at the V&A, Design Arcitechure and Digital.


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Take a close up photo of the V&A from the settle and I'll have a go at tracing it in Inkscape.

Edit. Just gone back to see the one at the top of the post. I could do with some more contrast. M
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Postby Andyp » 04 Dec 2021, 17:34

That’s kind of you Malc,
I’ll email a better full sized image.
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Postby Malc2098 » 04 Dec 2021, 17:45

Andyp wrote:That’s kind of you Malc,
I’ll email a better full sized image.
Please there is no rush. Only if and when you have a moment.



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Re: I have an idea for a coffee table.

Postby Andyp » 07 Dec 2021, 17:21

Malc,
has come up trumps and after a lot of toing and froing he did this for me

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When I can find my circular tuits I will use this as a pattern to cut out the design in 1/4" thick plywood to enable me to see how it looks in the round.

Don't hold your breath folks it will be anytime in 2022 before this gets started.

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Re: I have an idea for a coffee table.

Postby AJB Temple » 07 Dec 2021, 17:26

Looks good.
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Postby 9fingers » 07 Dec 2021, 17:44

+1
I think I might through tenon the tops of the V and A into the apron of the table to get maximum rigidity of the leg. Are you proposing to have the letters on all four sides? if so joining the legs of the A at the corners will help enormously in creating a rigid assembly.

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