How Was this done?

[Boyd]

I'd like to use this idea on some chairs I want to build, but how was it done? Were the legs drilled, cut to their final dimension, and then split on a band saw to fit the steel ring?

 

[1949 caddyman]

I'd like to use this idea on some chairs I want to build, but how was it done? Were the legs drilled, cut to their final dimension, and then split on a band saw to fit the steel ring?

Or drill the holes & then weld up the steel.

 

[Beachside Hank]

I see it done same as a key ring, a split hoop, threaded through the holes, braze/ weld when complete, rotate joint into a leg to hide it.

 

[4xdog]

Are you sure the steel doesn't have a cut that's positioned in one of the legs? It would be a simple matter of sliding it on sorta like a split-ring keyring. Might not need to be **** welded even.

 

[vpd66]

Drill the holes in the legs. Then roll the ring but don't weld it. Thread the ring though the holes in the legs. Then weld the ring or hide the parting line inside a leg.

 

[deltaphisig]

make all parts. dry fit. disassemble. sand and pre-finish parts. form ring, add legs, weld ring closed, touch up finish or finish if not pre-finished. that's how i'd do it.

 

[Jack Olsen]

Yeah, I would think it's pretty easy. You drill four holes -- just oversized enough to accommodate the fact that the piece going through them will have a curve to it -- and then feed in the steel. You'd bend the steel on a rolling tube/beade bender and then cut and weld to fit. Last step would be to slide the weld inside one of the holes.

You could even get away with adhesive for the joint. It's hidden.

 

[larry_g]

Could be the legs were put on the ring before the legs were affixed to the table top. It looks like the holes in the leg are not a tight fit so the ring is likely decorative.

lg
no neat sig line.

 

[Jeff95TA]

I think they grew the wood around the steel.

 

[Mickey O]

Magic.

 

[jim faston]

Four short steel arcs?

 

[Boyd]

Ah...the key ring idea makes sense. As usual, I was over-thinking it. Thanks, all.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Do I spy a plug on the inside of the back leg ?

 

[BFBOB]

Could be the legs were put on the ring before the legs were affixed to the table top. It looks like the holes in the leg are not a tight fit so the ring is likely decorative.

lg
no neat sig line.

Yup. A ring sturdy enough to be functional would be difficult if not impossible to thread through the legs in place, at least without chewing them up in the process. Thread 'em on the ring, weld it up (or if no welder, make a screwed lap joint), slide legs into position-hiding the joint, attach legs to top.

 

[Duker]

I made a kitchen table with a base similar to this concept for a furniture client but instead of a round ring it was a flat steel bar. I couldn't thread a solid ring through all of the slots in the legs without destroying the mortises so I had to make it into two pieces. Once each bar was in position it was then welded together and then turned as others have said.

 

[theknurl]

think about it, the ring isn't structural

the hole in the legs aren't curved and its too small to add anything anyway because its curved too

 

[DekeT]

Could be the legs were put on the ring before the legs were affixed to the table top. It looks like the holes in the leg are not a tight fit so the ring is likely decorative.

lg
no neat sig line.

Yes, it is that simple.

 

[mikegt4]

Place steel ring on ground.
Plant 4 seedlings around ring.
Wait a while.
Cut 4 small trees from ground and trim as needed.

 

[BFBOB]

think about it, the ring isn't structural

It would be if I were sitting on it.
I always put my feet on whatever's handy, whether it's strong enough or not.
So If I were building it, I'd make the ring strong enough.

 

[Rural53]

Could be the legs were put on the ring before the legs were affixed to the table top. It looks like the holes in the leg are not a tight fit so the ring is likely decorative.

lg
no neat sig line.

That is how I would build it.