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Hey guys,
I’ve got a couple projects that I’m looking at starting in the next little but given my progress in other areas I’ll probably be writing in two years to talk about having completed them.
My wife and I were recently down in Spokane and I came across some inspiration for the dinning room table I’ve been planning to build. As you all know sometimes an idea is easier to come up with than the actual build. With that said I wanted to run it by everyone for their thoughts.
Essentially we are looking at a trestle style table. The historic, industrial nature of Spokane (especially the steam plant for those of you who have been) caught my eye. My thought is to build a thick top, as much as 3” which is what we had planned originally. This will likely be out of 3x12 fir beams which I will attempt to replicate a reclaimed look (unless anyone knows where in the Calgary area I could find similar dimensioned authentic material at a reasonable price). The top will be somewhere in the vicinity of 44”-48” wide and 8’-9’ long... so it’ll be a big heavy table! But right now it’s just an idea. The next part and what poses the biggest problem I can see is the legs.
I was hoping to do a single columner leg at both ends. 1 post straight from the top to the floor cantered in the table. Obviously, one major issue is the table tipping, perhaps however the design may help with that depending on feedback. I planned to basically make a closed plywood rectangular box for each of the two legs. So the dimensions can be played with in so far as the foot space (perhaps a 18”x18” foot print) I was planning to face the box in brick to mimic an old brick pillar. I figured part of what would enable the table not to tip would be the overall weight of the leg... as sick I can fill the hollow of the box with the necessary amount of concrete to increase weight to the point that tipping isn’t an issue.
The tipping was the biggest concern I could come up with so I’d like to get others thoughts along with additional issues I may not be thinking of. Also suggestions on the foot print of the leg along with weight etc.... would be helpful... anything to make it work. I have added a pic at with 3 options regarding the set up and they are in order of how I would prefer to build. The first is what I just explained. The second would be a closer design to an authentic post supporting a beam or ceiling. The third would be closer to a standard table. The additional supports in 2&3 would be wood.
thanks everyone
I’ve got a couple projects that I’m looking at starting in the next little but given my progress in other areas I’ll probably be writing in two years to talk about having completed them.
My wife and I were recently down in Spokane and I came across some inspiration for the dinning room table I’ve been planning to build. As you all know sometimes an idea is easier to come up with than the actual build. With that said I wanted to run it by everyone for their thoughts.
Essentially we are looking at a trestle style table. The historic, industrial nature of Spokane (especially the steam plant for those of you who have been) caught my eye. My thought is to build a thick top, as much as 3” which is what we had planned originally. This will likely be out of 3x12 fir beams which I will attempt to replicate a reclaimed look (unless anyone knows where in the Calgary area I could find similar dimensioned authentic material at a reasonable price). The top will be somewhere in the vicinity of 44”-48” wide and 8’-9’ long... so it’ll be a big heavy table! But right now it’s just an idea. The next part and what poses the biggest problem I can see is the legs.
I was hoping to do a single columner leg at both ends. 1 post straight from the top to the floor cantered in the table. Obviously, one major issue is the table tipping, perhaps however the design may help with that depending on feedback. I planned to basically make a closed plywood rectangular box for each of the two legs. So the dimensions can be played with in so far as the foot space (perhaps a 18”x18” foot print) I was planning to face the box in brick to mimic an old brick pillar. I figured part of what would enable the table not to tip would be the overall weight of the leg... as sick I can fill the hollow of the box with the necessary amount of concrete to increase weight to the point that tipping isn’t an issue.
The tipping was the biggest concern I could come up with so I’d like to get others thoughts along with additional issues I may not be thinking of. Also suggestions on the foot print of the leg along with weight etc.... would be helpful... anything to make it work. I have added a pic at with 3 options regarding the set up and they are in order of how I would prefer to build. The first is what I just explained. The second would be a closer design to an authentic post supporting a beam or ceiling. The third would be closer to a standard table. The additional supports in 2&3 would be wood.
thanks everyone
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