Table Talk part 44

One week from today we are holding a public reception for this project, and that will go a lot better if we have some actual tables to show.  If the cafe tables are shown it will likely just be the tops, since the restaurants will be providing their own pedestals when they are deployed.  Of the rest, nothing is exactly done, but some are close enough that we want to get them finished in time.  In our brief conversation Thursday Molly indicated that I could add legs to the Bella Terra coffee table, plus finish the sliding supports for the drop leaf.  When I arrived in the early afternoon the resin fumes were long gone and I could get to work.

Decided to tackle the drop leaf table first.  I had worked out the measurements of the sliding support pieces and bought the wood to make them during the week.  Each unit consists of two sliding pieces and front and back stops.  Slid all the way in, it will sit behind the hanging leaf.  Pulled all the way out, it will support the leaf without extending past the circumference of the round table.  Like everything else, working out the first one (above) took the longest, and it went much faster with the remaining three.  I constructed the whole thing upside down (below) on one of our work tables, but had it back upright on the floor for the final test.  One was a little stiff and may need some readjustment, but all of them go in and out and have the table ready for Friday.

After that the coffee table (as we're calling it around the Studio) for Bella Terra.  This is the one that Molly was pouring a few days ago.  That process is not yet done, but at least all the collaged items are now secure to the top and I could safely pick it up and flip it without risking the damaging of those items.  With the drop leaf table done, all the rest of the legs will be the thicker 4"x4" wood, held in place with lag screws through the deck post ties and into the frame.  Between the legs and frame in each corner is a triangle piece made from 2x4 scraps.  The other day Molly specifically asked me to glue these in place before screwing it in place.  This is not a bad idea, as I believe her plan is to take apart most of these after the reception, to make the shipping easier.  Although the construction plan is identical for all four corners, everything is hand drilled, so the legs will not be completely interchangeable.  So the corner wedges are glued in place and the legs numbered individually to a specific corner.  Although this is the first table of this style to have the legs attached, I built several sample corners in this style, so it all seemed familiar.

At the end of my workday, two tables standing.  I believe that Molly will be painting the frames and legs, but my part of each of these is over.