You can also read about the making of this table by clicking the links below.
A George II Reading Table – Part One
A George II Reading Table – Part Two
A George II Reading Table – Part Three
A George II Reading Table – Part Four
A George II Reading Table – Part Five
A George II Reading Table – Part Six
A George II Reading Table – Part Seven
A George II Reading Table – Part Eight
A George II Reading Table – Part Nine
A George II Reading Table – Part Ten
A George II Reading Table – Part Eleven
A George II Reading Table – Addendum
A George II Reading Table – Redux
One bandsawn leg and one shaved leg.
The 5 inch wide, 3/32 inch thick Walnut veneers.
The underside of the carcase.
The top of one of the side rails showing the tennon.
The box carcase awaiting its mouldings.
The two halves of the pillar.
The pillar prepared for turning.
The partially turned pillar.
The completed box carcase.
Facet cut into the pillar base.
Finished dovetailed sockets.
Finished dovetail on top end of leg.
The pillar and claws together.
The under side of the Elm block.
Finished block and column.
Apple locking screw.
The reading slope glued together.
Freshly glued drawer bottom board.
The drawer sides.
Cockbeading and drawer front.
Drawer bottom and runner.
The 1/8 in. wide mortice and tennon joints in the horse components.
The moulded book stop.
One of the bare steel triangles.
The triangle shaped to the under side of the pillar and claw.
The horrid looking thing.
Reshaped back-plates with crisply filed bevels.
Marshall Brass hinges – quality reproduction hinges.
The pillar and claw in early morning haze.
The reading slope in early morning haze.
The table in strong sunlight.
The table at dusk.
In side table mode. 05a
In raised, reading mode.
The locking screw.
One of the drawers.
Aged and highlighted handle.
The claw. 19a
The triangle attached to the claw.
Book stop attachment pins and sockets.
My book stop similarly safely stowed away.
Discreet castors now lurk beneath the feet.
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