Pedestal Dining Table

Pedestal Dining Table

One of the first projects for 2010 will be a pedestal dining table using walnut and maple. The table will be 40" wide by 72" long. The base will be made of walnut based on the one shown below.

I designed and built the above table in 2004 using cherry for the base and cocobolo for the top. It's a modification of and open pedestal that I have used for various tables, however in this instance I have "stretched" the base to accommodate a rectangular top.



In conjuction with this table I'll be making four chairs and four barstool all which require 8/4 walnut. So here's the starting pile.
For the two "hubs" on each end of the pedestal I'll use 12/4 walnut laminated together.









Gluing up the hub.

The four legs of the table require three piece each, that are tenoned together. The center part is cut at 45 degress on each end. I lay these three pieces out and trace the final shape from the template on them to determine where to situate the mortices.

Using a morticing machine (I have had that old router for 20 years now, first router I ever bought) cutting the mortices on all 12 parts is fairly quick.

All these parts will be joined using "loose" tenons. In this case I'm using 1/2" poplar.

Shown below is my fancy angle clamping jig, a vice and two clamps.

Next up is laying out the center "arch" and routing the mortices, plus final sizing and cutting of the "hub