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Woodworking Projects: Tables
Dining Room Table
Six feet across, 30" high, oak. Weighs about 260 lbs. I've made two
of these, one for us and one for some friends we lived with for six
months (we brought the table, they liked it so much I made one for
them too). The top is two 100lb halves held together with steel pins
and threaded rod. The four legs and two spanners all come apart just
by taking the wedges out. The top is not attached - there's
two pins that between the top and the legs that keep it positioned,
but gravity alone is sufficient to hold it in place.
Doll House table
This is a circular table with a 3' rotating top and shelf that my
daughter uses for her dollhouse. It's made from a single sheet of
birch plywood, two lazy susan mechanisms, and a few screws. You can
download a 1k PDF showing how the pieces are
cut out or see a small (184k) or large (2.8m) animation showing how the
table is assembled. The pictures below link to bigger pictures, that
show how the legs and partitions are assembled. You actually attach
the partitions to the lower shelf before attaching the shelf to the
lazy susan. The shapes of the legs and partitions may be pretty much
anything; it's up to your imagination!
Coffee Table
Three feet across, 15" high, maple. This is a half-scale model of the
dining room table; I did this first to make sure the proportions were
right. The top comes off and two trestle assemblies come apart, so it
can be "stacked" against the wall when we need the floor space. If I
did it again, I'd secure the top to the legs.
