Almost every family has such a table. 16th century construction.

Greetings.

Someone clever came up with this design in the 16th or 17th century, and it is still popular today. Who it was history is silent.

And I remember very well that when I was twelve years old, a similar table was brought from a furniture store and I assembled it all evening, crawling around the table parts with a screwdriver. At that time, furniture was not bought, but it was taken out through acquaintances through pull and it was to some extent a holiday: the appearance of new furniture in the house.

The pedestal table has many versions, with straight shapes, with chiseled legs, with drawers, with shelves, oval and rectangular, made of wood and laminated chipboard.

I propose to consider one of the table designs further. (Link to source with dimensions will be at the end)

This design is essentially a box of bars and boards. On both sides of this box, two simple frames can be hinged to support the lids of the worktop.

The base is assembled using finger joints.

In addition to glue, the thorns are additionally reinforced with dowels during assembly. First, holes are made for the dowel in the racks. Next, the horizontal parts are installed in the slots and a mark is made with a drill. Then the marked center of drilling is shifted by 1 mm or a little more, then during assembly the tenon is attracted into the socket by the dowel and the connection is stronger. (scroll through the gallery)

The curbstone is assembled, the frames of the opening supports are assembled. Then the hinges are installed. Supports in the closed state are inside the cabinet. (scroll through the gallery)

The table top on the curbstone is fixed in the traditional way for wooden tables.

Hinged worktop covers are screwed on with long hinges. And in addition, stiffeners are screwed onto them.

More details about the design of this table can be found at link. There you can also download a PDF file with drawings at the end.

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