Taboret. The Adventure Continues
Patrick Gibbons, Houston, TX
>In earlier posts I asked about joining two boards of QSWO for a table top. My objective is an arts and crafts taboret for my sister built entirely by hand and using the golden section as my design protocol. After all, what good is sitting alone in my room? Come build a taboret. Chris Schwartz and Adam Cherubini have really livened up my woodworking lately by NOT doing the same old same old in the mags. I looked at a lot of plans and pictures of Arts & Crafts taborets and tables and tried to analyze to what extent the proportions were based on the golden mean. Most weren't and they also looked "klunky" to me, for lack of a better word. How should I apply the proportions to this piece of furniture? In Adam's blog somewhere he commented how it would be helpful if someone were to publish a work that laid out the proportions of basic furniture types. I second that because it's not as easy to do as I first thought. After a lot of thought I came to the proportions given below for this piece. After I finish building it, I'll try to get a picture up. I think this little exercise is really an exciting study.
Table Top 21" round and 1" thick.
Heighth of piece 21"
Supports will dovetail into the top of the legs, will be the width of the legs. The distance between the outside edges of the legs will be 18 1/8".
The bottom stretchers will be 4 1/3" up from the bottom and will be 2 2/3" wide.
The combined distance from the top of the table top to the bottom of the top supports will be 2 7/8".
The distance from the top of the table top to the top of the bottom stretchers will be 13".
The leg is 20" x 1 5/8".
I'm using the proportions of the Ionic column for my leg.