yet another finally...

Nice

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>Tripod tables are neat - there are so many subtle differences among them, you could spend a whole career trying out alternatives.

how...

bill tindall

>how are the leg pieces joined? Nicle piece!

Re: how... *LINK*

Christopher Fitch @ Memphis

>The legs have 60 deg. wedges cut on them and they are glued together similar to a pie to form a single piece. It's all long grain so it's quite sturdy.

The plans for this table came from the linked book, if I recall correctly.

This is the second one of these I made.




Traditional Furniture Projects

more hows

bill tindall

>How was the joint clamped for glueing?

Re: yet another finally...

Frank D. in Montreal

>Looks very nice Christopher,

I like the sleek shape. Thanks for showing us.

Frank

Re: more hows

Christopher Fitch@Memphis

>Bill, I need to correct a prior comment.

Actually it's made of six pieces:

three are the legs that have 30 deg. wedges cut in them

three are wedges that are cut to 30 degs. These fit in between the legs.

To glue up, I glue 3 steps. The first is two glue two legs and one wedge. The second is to glue up the remaining two wedges with the remaining leg in between them. The final step is to glue the two assemblies together after planing the mating surfaces flat.

To glue up the seperate pieces in the first two steps, I took a board and attached some cutoff pieces that fit the profile for the pieces. I then clamped the pieces in place after applying the glue.

I hope this makes sense ...

Re: yet another finally...

Scott in Douglassville, PA

>Very nice. I always liked that table.

Scott, who has two more traditional candlestands to finish

Beautiful job Christopher,

Wiley Horne--Glendora, CA

>I especially like the leg profile and weight--seems just perfect to these eyes.

Wiley