Trestle Table

[brianh]

Made a small trestle table the top is a cherry log I milled a while back legs are sugar maple from trees downed in hurricane Sandy base is red oak.

I wanted this design to fully knock down so they can be transported and shipped efficiently and put together with no tools.

The top has 45 degree cleats with a wedge holding it on. It works well I will be making more.

 

[j p smith]

Nice! Would that design work for a quilt rack also.

 

[royce]

Excellent Brian,
What a neat design on the top to legs attachment detail.
Thank you for sharing.
Royce

 

[brianh]

Jp yes I made my wife a quilting rack with a similar base with a pivoting open top dont have any pictures at the moment and its up on the attic.

Royce thanks, sharing information helps everybody.

 

[brianh]

Another table, the top is maple with cherry keys 6' long

Should be getting a load of cherry logs to mill soon.

 

[mcmlvii]

Very nice!

 

[lazer50]

Nice craftsmanship right there!

 

[cosmo52]

Nice table design and execution. How long does it take for the cherry to dry out? What kind of mill?

 

[captain14]

Very nice table.

 

[brianh]

Nice table design and execution. How long does it take for the cherry to dry out? What kind of mill?

The time varies in the kiln its an average of 6 weeks or more for 6-8 quarter stock after air drying in a stickerd stack for a few months, the ends of the boards get painted right after milling to reduce drying checks.

The mill is a Stihl 660 with a Alaskan mill attachment this setup is great for milling in remote spots not worth pulling a mill to.

If I need a lot of wood milled I have a local guy with a band mill mill it for me.

Or get it from a large distributer for big jobs still rough but kiln dried I have to get at least 500 board feet from them to get a good price though.

The wood milled in the pictures is red pine for railings and stairs, stairs were not done in the picture.

 

[cosmo52]

Nice job with the Alaska mill. My son and and I have a small woodmizer band mill.

 

[southalabama]

Looks good.

Had a buddy bought an Alaskan mill. Made one slab and put it up. He said worked him to death. I tried to remind him it wasn't for production lumber but for hauling into the swamp and bringing out slabs that he couldn't otherwise get.

 

[brianh]

Looks good.

Had a buddy bought an Alaskan mill. Made one slab and put it up. He said worked him to death. I tried to remind him it wasn't for production lumber but for hauling into the swamp and bringing out slabs that he couldn't otherwise get.

If he was using crosscut chain its hell. I buy milling chain the teeth are ground to 10 degrees instead of the common 30 I resharpen to 5 it cuts even better.

Crosscut chain can be reground but a lot of tooth will be lost changing the angle.

Make sure to mill downhill I have a atv jack I will put under a log to tilt it, the saw will self feed, its still hard work but I get pieces just not available at a mill.

 

[C_F]

I've never heard of an Alaskan mill attachment before this thread, thanks for posting pics of it in use.

Great looking tables, too! I assume you built your log home yourself?

 

[brianh]

I've never heard of an Alaskan mill attachment before this thread, thanks for posting pics of it in use.

Great looking tables, too! I assume you built your log home yourself?

Thanks but the log home was a customer, I was building the railing and new stairs I did some interior work on the house also.