Cherry Drop Leaf Table

good idea to take photos…i will need to remember that on my next trip…would this be a good project for a “beginner” who wants to go further…( i know there are a lot of variables in that question…)? the drop leaf adjustments would be difficult for me at this stage…but this looks like a fun one…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Beautiful craftsmanship.
I like it a lot. You must bought some dropleaf router bits for this.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

That is a wonderful looking table. I love the cherry and the third pic with the detail.

-- Fred Childs, Pasadena, CA - - - Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

Great looking table! No measurements? Just pictures? You did well.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Great idea for a table – very useful (and beautiful) design.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

You’re craftsmanship is outstanding Len. Another beautiful piece. Thanks so much for posting your stuff!

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

Len, very nice for only photo references as Os said. Great for many uses in the den… cribbage, plate of cheese and wine, etc. I may have to consider this for our small den. Thanks.

As napaman asked, are there any potential ‘gotchas’ you noted as you made it?

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

Cherry wood is the best you can get. Beautiful work on this great looking piece Len. A job to be proud of for sure. Always have that camera handy and maybe a tape measure!

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Good job, very nice looking table. I love cherry wood. Looks like you got a good finish on it.
jockmike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Beautiful finish, nice work.

-- John

Reply to all: The rightmost picture is NOT my work… it’s one of the pictures we took at the hotel.
And yes, we not only took pictures, but made measeurements as well. Luckily, I had bought one of those key chain tapes they sell at Home Depot; it’s only 36”, but a lot better than nothing. Yes a pair of router bits was purchased, but one of them is only a roundover bit. Although it seems daunting, it’s fairly easy to do: just mount the router in a table, don’t try it freehand! The gotcha’s: I ony had trouble with the installation of the hinges; I should have used a surface mount technique, instead of morticing them. (When the leaves are dropped, the hinges show a little.) Napaman: you’ll only grow your skills by reaching out a little further than you think you can; to stretch your skills, take a leap of faith—in yourself!

-- Len Rogers