Dining Room: the plan

I’m starting on a new, and very challenging project that I expect will consume the year. My dining room table is 23 years old and doesn’t look a day over 50 — and not in a good way. I want to make a new table, which is well within my capabilities. Here is the design:

I drew this in Fusion 360, which I’m getting better and better with. The large panels in the top will actually be ceramic tile — I found a large-format tile that had a cool pattern on it. That will be very functional (you can put hot things directly on the table) as well as decorative.

But a table alone does not a dining set make. The real stretch for me is going to be making chairs. I’ve never made one before (save for a camp chair, which really isn’t the same at all), and I’m really looking forward to that. I bought Jeff Miller’s book Chairmaking & Design at my last Weekend with WOOD (2018, because I had a stroke last year and this year’s isn’t happening) when I took Jeff’s classes. Yes, it’s been brewing for a while.

First, of course, I needed a chair design. Just drawing this was an education:

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Fusion 360 again, and I got help from several people figuring out how to accurately draw all those compound curved pieces.

The legs are curved in two dimensions — front to back and side to side — with just one 4-inch long straight part where the seat and braces join to them. (No, I didn’t take it easy on myself, now that you mention it.) The back slats curve to follow the back, and then turn back to almost vertical at the crest rail.

The seat slopes back about 5 degrees, and in real life will be carved out, like a Windsor chair, for comfort. The middle of the back will receive a decorative carving — exactly what is still pending — and likely the crest rail too. (Hey, I own a CNC router now, why not use it?)

Since I’ve never made a chair before, I’m first going to make one out of poplar and live with it while I make the table. I’ll sit in the prototype, and Julie will, and anyone who happens to come over, so I can see if this design is actually comfortable and practical. It may be taken apart and parts rebuilt to improve on it (I got lots of extra poplar). Only when I’m sure I have a design that is comfortable, and that I can produce repeatably (at least 8 times), will I actually go buy the cherry and walnut and make the ‘real’ ones.

This will be a long, educational, and expensive project. But when it’s finished, it will probably also be the best thing I’ve ever done as a woodworker. Stay tuned.

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