I'm building a trestle table out of solid African Mahogany (6'x3')
I had planned from the start to do curved breadboard ends (like in my top drawing).
I first built the base as seen in the middle picture. (The trestle piece itself is still oversized, I'm going to settle on final shape/curve once I see it with the top on.) The cleats (which will get a similar taper to the feet) are going to attach to the underside with long tapered sliding dovetails and be pegged to the legs so as to make the top removable.)
I then got to resawing and milling my rough 8/4 African mahogany stock for the top (it was so rough you really had no idea what the grain looked like until it was worked down.)
As I played around with grain orientations, I stumbled upon this layout with the cool sapwood streak down the middle which I had never anticipated as I didn't realize my rough stock contained such beauty! (bottom pic is the unshaped top slathered in mineral spirits)
Now I can't decide if those curved breadboard ends make sense visually anymore but I was really looking forward to making them.. Thoughts??
I had planned from the start to do curved breadboard ends (like in my top drawing).
I first built the base as seen in the middle picture. (The trestle piece itself is still oversized, I'm going to settle on final shape/curve once I see it with the top on.) The cleats (which will get a similar taper to the feet) are going to attach to the underside with long tapered sliding dovetails and be pegged to the legs so as to make the top removable.)
I then got to resawing and milling my rough 8/4 African mahogany stock for the top (it was so rough you really had no idea what the grain looked like until it was worked down.)
As I played around with grain orientations, I stumbled upon this layout with the cool sapwood streak down the middle which I had never anticipated as I didn't realize my rough stock contained such beauty! (bottom pic is the unshaped top slathered in mineral spirits)
Now I can't decide if those curved breadboard ends make sense visually anymore but I was really looking forward to making them.. Thoughts??