Shaker Sewing Table

[Joe Scharle]

Walnut and curly maple from peteb301. Now to work on the finish.

 

[Bas]

Wow, that's beyond furniture, that's art!

 

[TracyP]

Beautiful!!

 

[JimmyC]

WOW ! At first I thought it would be a cabinet for a machine, but boy was I wrong. Nice job Joe, I really like the contrasts of the wood.

Jimmy:mrgreen:

 

[4yanks]

Very nice! Quite a display of your craftsmanship.

 

[PeteM]

Cool looking table, nice joinery.
( but I'm not sure if the Shakers would approve of your choice of wood :wrolleyes
Are the legs dovetailed into the spindle?
Is there a drawer in the base?

pete

 

[RandyJ]

That is a beautiful table, Joe. A fine example of true craftsmanship.:icon_thum

 

[Canuck]

Wow Joe!!!!

Is there a joinery technique that you didn't incorporate into that piece?:dontknow: And a wee bit of turning too???:gar-Bi

That is sure a nice table ......... hope you plan on keeping this one for yourselves.:wsmile: That maple sure has some nice figure, especially noticeable in the graceful legs.

You done real good, Joe!:eusa_danc:eusa_danc:eusa_danc:eusa_danc

Wayne

 

[Alan in Little Washington]

Very nice! :eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

How about some details, give us some of those thousand words- construction techniques, hand or machine cut dovetails, etc.

By the way, have you found a place to retire and move to in E. NC?

 

[nelsone]

Joe, you are the first that I've seen combine the woods on that style table! It really looks great! Definitely highlights the DTs. How are the legs attached?

 

[erasmussen]

Man thats too beautiful for anyone to use:eusa_clap:eusa_clap:eusa_clap

 

[skeeter]

Now that is an awesome table, not quite what a expected when I read the thread heading. I like the design and I'm a big fan of contrasting woods. The maple grain is beautiful, but so is the complete table. Great job.

 

[Joe Scharle]

Thanks folks..My wife picked up a PWW book (1986) from the free table at the last picnic and said she wanted one of those. I told her to bring the book home. After some bookcases and cabinets I started on this. The dovetails are machine cut including the sliding DTs for the legs. The drawer slides out from either side and the knobs will go on after I get the finish done.

Alan, I'll start looking again after labor day!

 

[sapwood]

Joe, whatever you do . . . don't enter that in the Calendar Contest :wconfused:
We may not have a category for that level of art and craftsman.

Arresting piece of work :icon_thum
Roger