Ryandotdee
Established Member
Hi guys
Hope you are all having a fantastic festive period. After doing small projects for craft fairs for the last 8 months or so, I have decided to take the next 6 months off and make some things for the house. The first project is a dining table and chairs ( why walk when you can run eh? ) I am going to be taking it all slowly, and have decided to start with the table.
Table will be 5 x 3 feet.
I *really* like the river / resin tables, but after costing it all up I think it is a little outside of my budget, I wanted to stick with the live edge river theme, so have decided on doing a table with 2 live edge slabs, and a piece of glass spanning the centre. There is a beautiful table in the what you made last thread made by D.Stephenson (post-a-photo-of-the-last-thing-you-made-t81798-3105.html) which is along the lines of what I am hoping to achieve, thouigh I doubt my first crack is going to come close in terms of workmanship.
My main 2 questions before starting out are :
1. Glass, I am fairly sure that tempered glass is the way to go, but I am not sure on thickness, initially i have been thinking 6-8mm, do you guys have any thoughts on this? I will not know the exact width until I have chosen the wood, but my assumptions are that it will be 1 - 1.5 feet wide.
2. Table supports / legs. I was hoping to construct something that did not have a span on the top side between the 2 slabs, something like this : https://www.millwerx.com/product-page/river-table. Do you think this is viable, or would you go with something more akin to the support structure that D.Stephenson created ( no plagiarism intended ofc )
I am fairly sure that I can build something that wont collapse, but I would be a fool to ignore the wealth of knowledge on this forum, I would be really grateful for any advice / pointers you guys may be able to provide.
Ryan
Hope you are all having a fantastic festive period. After doing small projects for craft fairs for the last 8 months or so, I have decided to take the next 6 months off and make some things for the house. The first project is a dining table and chairs ( why walk when you can run eh? ) I am going to be taking it all slowly, and have decided to start with the table.
Table will be 5 x 3 feet.
I *really* like the river / resin tables, but after costing it all up I think it is a little outside of my budget, I wanted to stick with the live edge river theme, so have decided on doing a table with 2 live edge slabs, and a piece of glass spanning the centre. There is a beautiful table in the what you made last thread made by D.Stephenson (post-a-photo-of-the-last-thing-you-made-t81798-3105.html) which is along the lines of what I am hoping to achieve, thouigh I doubt my first crack is going to come close in terms of workmanship.
My main 2 questions before starting out are :
1. Glass, I am fairly sure that tempered glass is the way to go, but I am not sure on thickness, initially i have been thinking 6-8mm, do you guys have any thoughts on this? I will not know the exact width until I have chosen the wood, but my assumptions are that it will be 1 - 1.5 feet wide.
2. Table supports / legs. I was hoping to construct something that did not have a span on the top side between the 2 slabs, something like this : https://www.millwerx.com/product-page/river-table. Do you think this is viable, or would you go with something more akin to the support structure that D.Stephenson created ( no plagiarism intended ofc )
I am fairly sure that I can build something that wont collapse, but I would be a fool to ignore the wealth of knowledge on this forum, I would be really grateful for any advice / pointers you guys may be able to provide.
Ryan