Butterfly table

Excellent build. Beautiful table, and well executed construction.

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Very nice table ,a cool design and super build.

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Beautiful table. Very much like the fold away table leaf design.

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VaVaVaVooom! Wow, a super hunk-a-hunk-a-hunks o Elm table.. Nice design with the folding leaf and all.

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Wow, what a great looking table!!!!!

Elm is a beautiful wood. Great job, Ze’ev

Lee

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A beautiful use of your Elm. That’s about 4 years aging if I remember correctly.

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I am very interested in the chairs. You did a nice job on those. Did that FW article provide a design for you? Do others think they are comfortable?

My own situation includes a small dining room. I made a hard maple table of about standard size and so far can use only armless folding chairs that push right up or fold out of the way. Windsors take too much space – at least the design I have – because the legs splay out.

If you have a moment I would really appreciate hearing how you developed the chair ideas. Give me a clue? (I’m banned from using the acrylic lawn chairs and Rourkees are even less popular).

Thanks! Dave

-- Dave, New England - “We are made to persist. that's how we find out who we are.” ― Tobias Wolff

A beautiful table and chairs. Elm is a very overlooked wood in my opinion. You have a great example as to how nice elm can be. Love the square end/fit in the corner idea.

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The Elm tree that provide me with almost 2000bf of great wood belonged to my brother. It died about 8 years ago. It sat in my shed slabbed in different thicknesses for 4 years before I started to build the first of my Elm projects.

Dave G: the chairs are base on Sam Maloof’s design. The chairs are very comfortable because the back hits me in the right spot. I am on the short side so I made the chairs about 1/2 shorter than recommended and the table 1/2 taller. Being a trestle table deals with the problem of the legs being on the way of people’s legs. If you look at my bar stools project you will notice that the backs are on a pivot situation. It makes it more comfortable still because it molds to your position.

Thank for your comments.

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Maloof was one smart guy! I showed them to my wife and she’s all for it. New project! Thanks.

-- Dave, New England - “We are made to persist. that's how we find out who we are.” ― Tobias Wolff

Very nie design and very well executed.

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