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This is a commission piece that was made from the picture shown. The picture came from the website of an antique shop. I was given the picture and some measurements of height, length, and width. It is made of poplar (her choice) and stained with a stain I had professionally mixed for the wormy chestnut dining room table I made. The owner is calling it an antique reproduction, but I wouldn’t. You will notice that she asked for several changes from the original. I used 1/2” finger joints at the corners. The poplar came from a tree I had cut down and milled from my property. I turned the 1 3/8” legs myself, and made the drawer pulls too.
-- Dan, West Virginia, http://www.danpleskaCreations.com































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dustygirl
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posted 350 days ago
Nice job Dan.Looks good.
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mtnwild
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posted 350 days ago
Great job. Looks like she got just what she wanted. A competent craftsman!
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Bruce
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posted 350 days ago
nice project. looks like it could function very well for a lucky cobbler. i’m sure the owner will get lots of compliments. wondering how u attached the legs
DAN
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posted 350 days ago
cool one. hope you enjoyed making it !
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Dan Pleska
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posted 350 days ago
Thanks for the comments.
Bruce: I attached a 3/4” cleat to the bottom and used a forestner bit to drill a hole through the cleat and about halfway into the 1 3/4” table. I ended up with about 1 1/2” of the leg buried. Some glue a screw for good measure.
-- Dan, West Virginia, http://www.danpleskaCreations.com
Dusty56
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posted 332 days ago
Is it just my eyes or do the legs point toward the center of the table instead of toward the ends ? They look like they need to be reversed , end for end .
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Dan Pleska
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posted 332 days ago
Not sure what you mean Dusty. The legs splay at the same angle at both ends. The legs are closer to one end that the other by design.
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DaveR
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posted 332 days ago
Very nice table.
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Dusty56
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posted 332 days ago
Yes the end splay looks fine . It just looks like the bottom of the legs (side splay view , not end splay ) are tilted towards the center instead of away from the center . Kinda like a V…..instead of an ^......if you look at the original model picture , you might see what I’m talking about . Then again it just might be the photo angles . Have a great weekend .
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