Comments on: A Curious Little Table http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/2010/01/20/a-curious-little-table/ So many projects, so little time... Welcome to Woodworking A-D-D. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:30:29 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Shannon http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/2010/01/20/a-curious-little-table/comment-page-1/#comment-4151 Shannon Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:15:47 +0000 http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/?p=399#comment-4151 Jeremy, I wish I could have tried out that table to test your concerns and I can see them as being valid. Before I attempt to build this piece I want to go back to the museum and make some more sketches and take better pictures so I can try to reproduce it. I'll pay particular attention to the orientation of the top to the legs as well as the span of the legs in relation to the overhang of the table. I think these two attributes would be the deciding factor in just how stable it will be. Great point to remember that beauty and form is one thing, but if I want to use the table I need to pay some attention to function. Jeremy, I wish I could have tried out that table to test your concerns and I can see them as being valid. Before I attempt to build this piece I want to go back to the museum and make some more sketches and take better pictures so I can try to reproduce it. I’ll pay particular attention to the orientation of the top to the legs as well as the span of the legs in relation to the overhang of the table. I think these two attributes would be the deciding factor in just how stable it will be. Great point to remember that beauty and form is one thing, but if I want to use the table I need to pay some attention to function.

]]> By: Jeremy Kriewaldt http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/2010/01/20/a-curious-little-table/comment-page-1/#comment-4138 Jeremy Kriewaldt Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:55:11 +0000 http://rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog/?p=399#comment-4138 I truly is a lovely piece and once that is an inspiration to all of us. I can see it made from some Australian Red Cedar (http://australiancedar.com). I wonder about the stability of a square top on a triangular base. My instinct (no more) is that a circular table top will minimise the likelihood of the table tipping if a force is placed on a remote edge (compare a weight put on a corner of the square table as opposed to the same weight on the circumference of the circular table). I truly is a lovely piece and once that is an inspiration to all of us. I can see it made from some Australian Red Cedar (http://australiancedar.com).

I wonder about the stability of a square top on a triangular base. My instinct (no more) is that a circular table top will minimise the likelihood of the table tipping if a force is placed on a remote edge (compare a weight put on a corner of the square table as opposed to the same weight on the circumference of the circular table).

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