Design Ideas for Round Table Top

For stability, you could add some battens to the underside to "help"
keep it flat. It would be better to go quartersawn wood for stability.
You could go Red Oak but it's harder to find in QS so I would sell him
on White. You can stain it a honey so it looks much like the Red they
are used to.

For design, you could do a veneer inlay of maybe a compass star of two
colors in the center, or bow-tie keys of a contrasting wood along the
glue-up joints, or do some shading around the edges with a dye stain
that washes out toward the center.

On 2005-09-25, JGS <[email protected]> wrote:

> wants it dressed up some how. I have mentioned to him that the solid
> wood will go through seasonal changes and this will limit our options as
> will the round design. He is not trying to be difficult, he just knows
> what he wants. So I have come to this fountain of knowledge for ideas.
> Thanks, JG

Does he want the layout in a radial pattern? Like the spokes of a wheel?
You could do that with quarter sawn white oak, but the wood wastage might
be significant. Or maybe not.

A four foot diameter table top would need two foot long pieces of qswo. Say
five inches wide - cut diagonal join the two pieces together and you'd end
up with a triangle ten inches on the base by two feet high. Not too much
waste. Repeat, dowel them all together and then cut the circle.


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I can find no modern furniture that is as well designed and emotionally
satisfying as that made by the Arts and Crafts movement in the early years
of the last century.

Hi Ed,
Interesting idea, but what happens with seasonal changes in humidity when the
boards grow( shrink) in size? Cheers, JG

Ed Clarke wrote:

> On 2005-09-25, JGS <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > wants it dressed up some how. I have mentioned to him that the solid
> > wood will go through seasonal changes and this will limit our options as
> > will the round design. He is not trying to be difficult, he just knows
> > what he wants. So I have come to this fountain of knowledge for ideas.
> > Thanks, JG
>
> Does he want the layout in a radial pattern? Like the spokes of a wheel?
> You could do that with quarter sawn white oak, but the wood wastage might
> be significant. Or maybe not.
>
> A four foot diameter table top would need two foot long pieces of qswo. Say
> five inches wide - cut diagonal join the two pieces together and you'd end
> up with a triangle ten inches on the base by two feet high. Not too much
> waste. Repeat, dowel them all together and then cut the circle.
>
> --
> I can find no modern furniture that is as well designed and emotionally
> satisfying as that made by the Arts and Crafts movement in the early years
> of the last century.

Thanks Bob, I'll do just that. JG

BobS wrote:

> May want to take a look at www.dougstowe.com for some ideas and get his book
> "Making Elegant Custom Tables" http://www.dougstowe.com/book/book3.htm
>
> There are some great design ideas in there along with how to do it and
> things to avoid - and why. Doug used to participate here a lot in the past
> and always was willing to answer questions. Ping him at his site, order the
> book directly from him and I'd bet he would also give you the information
> you're looking for.
>
> Bob S.
>
> "Ed Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On 2005-09-25, JGS <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> wants it dressed up some how. I have mentioned to him that the solid
> >> wood will go through seasonal changes and this will limit our options as
> >> will the round design. He is not trying to be difficult, he just knows
> >> what he wants. So I have come to this fountain of knowledge for ideas.
> >> Thanks, JG
> >
> > Does he want the layout in a radial pattern? Like the spokes of a wheel?
> > You could do that with quarter sawn white oak, but the wood wastage might
> > be significant. Or maybe not.
> >
> > A four foot diameter table top would need two foot long pieces of qswo.
> > Say
> > five inches wide - cut diagonal join the two pieces together and you'd end
> > up with a triangle ten inches on the base by two feet high. Not too much
> > waste. Repeat, dowel them all together and then cut the circle.
> >
> >
> > --
> > I can find no modern furniture that is as well designed and emotionally
> > satisfying as that made by the Arts and Crafts movement in the early years
> > of the last century.

May want to take a look at www.dougstowe.com for some ideas and get his book
"Making Elegant Custom Tables" http://www.dougstowe.com/book/book3.htm

There are some great design ideas in there along with how to do it and
things to avoid - and why. Doug used to participate here a lot in the past
and always was willing to answer questions. Ping him at his site, order the
book directly from him and I'd bet he would also give you the information
you're looking for.

Bob S.


"Ed Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2005-09-25, JGS <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> wants it dressed up some how. I have mentioned to him that the solid
>> wood will go through seasonal changes and this will limit our options as
>> will the round design. He is not trying to be difficult, he just knows
>> what he wants. So I have come to this fountain of knowledge for ideas.
>> Thanks, JG
>
> Does he want the layout in a radial pattern? Like the spokes of a wheel?
> You could do that with quarter sawn white oak, but the wood wastage might
> be significant. Or maybe not.
>
> A four foot diameter table top would need two foot long pieces of qswo.
> Say
> five inches wide - cut diagonal join the two pieces together and you'd end
> up with a triangle ten inches on the base by two feet high. Not too much
> waste. Repeat, dowel them all together and then cut the circle.
>
>
> --
> I can find no modern furniture that is as well designed and emotionally
> satisfying as that made by the Arts and Crafts movement in the early years
> of the last century.