That's a pedestal table I made in a shop class I took in high school. My mother still has it and I guess that I will have it again one day. We had an excellent shop teacher and we did everything: conceived an original design; drew scaled blue prints (orthographic and isometric projections); selected the wood (black walnut in my case). Then we machine cut, planed & jointed the lumber; we glued a square peg and turned the leg on a lathe; we mitered the angles and routed the edges; sanded & varnished. We all had different designs, but we all made a pedestal table; we competed in craftsmanship. We were judged and graded in the end.
Do high schools still teach that stuff?
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ReplyDeleteWow. Man, your so talented. You've got the skill. It looks like it was bought from a shop.
Yes they do. I was a sub for a great woodshop teacher @ Stoughton HS back in the 90's. I was burned out doing PI work, went back to school and got my HS History certification. But, when I subbed to get experience I would take any classes. I did a lot of shop classes because those were the teachers I liked most. The wood students I supervised[I couldn't teach this stuff] made some items comparable to yours..although yours would be @ the top of the items I saw made back in the late 90's.
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