nothing subtle about the exploitation of traditional joinery and theories…
blasphemy!
sculpting
attempting
‘creating’
dare I say -
‘working’
through the daily re- inventions-
nothing out of the ordinary here except-maybe-for
the necessity of good design through traditional application.
hand made modern-
another week closer.
A half way point in the spokeshave-polish. Cherry frame pieces- under early morning eyes these shapes are blended by hand. Nothing is measured. There is no sketch up...honest shapes formed by human hands. Evolving and discovering with each and every piece.
A rare and 'final' view inside the haBinet side table. Before the panels of curly maple and cherry blanket over them... This carefully fitted interior frame of quarter sawn white oak; runners and guides for the aromatic cedar boxed dovetailed drawers. At this point nothing is glued- all dry fit and still in need of finish...these pieces will be 'finished' before the final glue up.(in my best Captain Kirk voice)...must...plan....ahead!!
Pushing traditional design and construction elements... a hand-made modern blend of longevity and aesthetic... 'Floating panels' have a whole new meaning... Yes indeed, frame and panel construction- but hopefully, not another regurgitated example of it. stay tuned...
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That’s looking mighty nice Tom (nice deep drawers)!
I like the contrasting wood color and grain inside the side table almost too much to be covered up by panels…..even if they’re curly maple and cherry
What’s the height of the side table (It looks a bit highish in the second picture, but that’s probably just the angle from wich you shot the pic)?
Thanks for posting!
Very Nice…Tom…
I’m curious. Any special considerations for seaonal wood movement on the drawers and especially the drawer guides? Or do you use large enough tolerances to allow for that?
Hey Brent- thanks for the questions and comments.
The entire structure within the side table was carefully considered and designed to allow for seasonal wood movement- that starts with the wood selection itself as well tolerances ‘built in’ where necessary. The interior joinery applications were also considered for movement issues and the use of the floating side panels and combination drawer runners and stops also let things ‘flex’.
The drawer runners are made from quarter sawn material and are only pressure fit. They have some ‘wiggle room’ built in but if they should swell up by late September then they can be easily removed from the unit and a shaving or two can be planed away.
cheers-
Andre-
good to hear from you and thanks for the comment.
I have another side table design that pushes on in this ‘theme’ even more- it doesn’t have any side panels at all… (next book)
the height of the table/side panels is mis-leading in the photos-
as of writing this it has an additional 4″ on the bottom with some brushed aluminum, walnut and acrylic casters !!
plus a 1″ thick cherry top thrown on with a heavy quarter sawn walnut and cork ‘plug/tenon’ on that again-??
so now that it sounds like the Eiffel tower!
well…
this ‘side table‘ perfectly slides in, under the main table top. It doubles as the ‘leg’ for the dining table (maple and walnut laminated from a few weeks back?)
and then…er, I mean-now….that laminated table top is ‘hinged and hanging’ off of the bottom of the fold away bed from before that….the big plywood box that was edged with cherry…
down the rabbit hole we go-
with that..I’m off to France.
Thanks for the reaction Tom,
Am I far off when I guess that the ‘side table design without panels’ will be along the lines like the one Christopher Lindsay built (and that is shown in the Readers Gallery under the Made by Hand button)? You mention in your comment in the gallery that you had a similar design lined up.
This side table is definetely an interesting piece since there are so many different types of wood being used (and even a non wood; brushed alu). Makes me even more curious how the finished piece will look like!
So the plug/tenon part is removable to create a space where a fixed ‘plug’ on the underside of the table top will fit in to keep the table top and side table in position while ‘connected’?
And of coarse the side table has to be of sufficient height to make the table top comfortable to sit at while in use.
Good stuff seeing the project come in to its final stages and see all ‘design cleverness’ slowly but surely revealed!!
I hope you have a good time in France….since it’s on the same continent where I live
Au revoir