These were an exciting two weeks. There was a lot of woodworking that went into the table base. Most of my time was spent shaping the pedestals. With the column and upper arm completed, I finished the pedestals by shaping the feet and cutting the mortise underneath which receives the lower stretcher to create theContinue reading “Farmhouse Pedestal Table: Completed Table Base”
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Farmhouse Pedestal Table: Milling, Pedestal Joinery, Shaping
The base of the table is starting to take shape. Over the last two weeks I’ve been able to complete the milling and lamination of the table parts, join them together and started shaping the pieces. All projects begin with milling. I began by cutting the stock to rough size, jointing for flatness and planingContinue reading “Farmhouse Pedestal Table: Milling, Pedestal Joinery, Shaping”
End Grain Cutting Board
The holidays are always a fun time in the workshop. This season I’ve made a custom slide for a kids Sprite Climbing Triangle and this end grain cutting board. Cutting boards are a great way to make something beautiful and useful with the off cuts and extra pieces from larger projects. I ended having theContinue reading “End Grain Cutting Board”
Farmhouse Pedestal Table: Design & Materials
This week marks the beginning of my next project, a farmhouse pedestal dining table. This will be one piece of a complete dining set including a bench, chairs and bar chairs. The client originally proposed pine for the species, but after some discussion, we landed on using a hardwood instead. I recommended Red Oak, asContinue reading “Farmhouse Pedestal Table: Design & Materials”
Whitehurst Custom Woodworking 