Cherry trestle table/desk with breadboard ends
Welcome! / Forums / General Woodworking Discussions / Projects / Cherry trestle table/desk with breadboard ends
- This topic has 10 replies, 7 voices, and was last updated 6 years, 8 months ago by fjhall.
-
AuthorPosts
-
Here is a cherry desk I just finished, like all my projects, I went from rough lumber with using only hand tools. It was fun to make and simple. I pegged all of the mortise and tenons on the breadboard and also on the trestle base with cherry dowels that I made by hammering through a washer. One picture shows the front edge of the desk top because I think the grain pattern is nice.
I plan at some point to make another table without the breadboards because I want to learn the hard way how much warp-age would happen to the table top.
Attachments:
You must be logged in to view attached files.I was just getting ready to build a table and had something almost exactly like this in my head. Do you have any suggestions for where to place the trestle for comfort (to avoid hitting legs)?
Beautiful table and work! Were you able to plane the cherry, or did you scrape it?
Thanks for the comments!
Ed- for the trestle stretcher I wanted it at approx knee height so that when I extend my knees my feet can touch the wall without my shins being stopped by hitting the board. I just eyeballed the placement somewhere between the middle and the top that I thought looked OK. Mine could have gone up another inch or two, but i am fine with it.
You will have to keep us updated when you build your table with some pics! Are you planning a kitchen/dining table or desk?
Yes I was able to plane it. The cherry had reversing grain all over it so before I assembled, I went over each piece with a sharp and close set cap iron smoothing plane. I scraped on two glue lines on the top because there was a slight hollow that made my smoothing plane unable to catch it.
“Are you planning a kitchen/dining table or desk?”
Desk. It’s for my daughter and needs to be nock-down, so the idea is to make the stretcher with long through tenons with substantial shoulders and then use wedges to allow it to be disassembled. So, there would be two leg assemblies, the stretcher, and the top. I have some scrap 2×12 construction softwood that I’ll probably use and it will just be a prototype for now.
I’m guessing the vertical columns on your legs go up to horizontal pieces (similar to the feet, but flat) that attach to the table? Is that correct? Did you just screw those to the table through elongated holes and there’s no apron? That’s what I was hoping to do to keep the weight down. Very minimal.
[quote quote=313702]“Are you planning a kitchen/dining table or desk?”
Desk. It’s for my daughter and needs to be nock-down, so the idea is to make the stretcher with long through tenons with substantial shoulders and then use wedges to allow it to be disassembled. So, there would be two leg assemblies, the stretcher, and the top. I have some scrap 2×12 construction softwood that I’ll probably use and it will just be a prototype for now.
I’m guessing the vertical columns on your legs go up to horizontal pieces (similar to the feet, but flat) that attach to the table? Is that correct? Did you just screw those to the table through elongated holes and there’s no apron? That’s what I was hoping to do to keep the weight down. Very minimal.
[/quote]
Yes both sides were basically formed into an “I” for the basic frame. The top and bottom are identical and joined by the vertical board.
You could absolutely screw to the top through elongated holes, but I personally just made some quick turnbuttons using the off-cuts from tenon shoulders and have elongated mortises on the inside of the upper bearers.Paul, appreciate the comment! I used 3 coats of a 2# cut of blonde shellac and then paste wax. The base and underside just got 2 coats of shellac. Im generally not a huge fan of heavily built up finishes, my preference is to get enough coats to look even and smooth and stop there.
-
AuthorPosts
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.