Outdoor Dining Tables

Customer:

• The Diggery Inn Cafe
  3212Park Blvd (Glenview District)
  Oakland, CA.

Before:

After!!

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Project History:

This local Oakland restuarant wanted to replace their existing outside tables (top picture) with something fresh and new (above) for a warm sidewalk dining experience.

• I have eaten a lot of breafast and Lunch at this great little cafe in my hamlet. It is just a short walk from my home/shop. Over the past 2 years I have gotten to know each of the family members very well and always have a good laugh and meal. They have seen me time and time again immerse myself in my sunny-side up eggs and fruit and latest woodworking magazine. This was the catalyst for our common interests and needs and wants. Then on...
• May 29, 2009 - I was laid-off from my software IT position. And then on...
• June 1, 2009 - I launched full time into this project.

Stats:

• Material: Tennesee Red Aromatic Cedar
• Finish: Spar Varnish, Satin
• Dims: 3o"x30"x29"
• Quantity: 6

A single beauty

$595.00

The sculptured pedastel:

Easily extended for larger accomadations

As was said by a wonderful human being in his writings:

"Furniture should look beautiful from any side, not just the front...."

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The process

How we got there...

Here is the prototype completed and I'm taking a little break:

The lumber is ready to go for the next set of tables:

Here is the base consisting of a center core and leg structure.

• Each leg is actually made up from 3 separate components.
• I also added a gentle curve to the center leg component to give it some softness and organic feel.
• When complete all of these are blended together for a "solid piece" feel to it.
• This project is my interpretation of a design from the mind and hands of Sam Maloof.

Leg structures... lots of them. Ready for the next step.


The pedestal bases are ready to go for next process:

I like to use sapwood in my outdoor pieces. I mixed in lots of sapwood in this project. The dynamic's were stunning. Here as I was smoothing a table top you can see the fresh lavendar/purple coming through (on the right side of the sapwood) with each pass of the plane.

The left side fades with a more brownish/gold flavor as it weathers in the sun light over time.

Here are four (4) of the tables finished and ready for delivery to the customer. Notice the liberty in solid and patterned sapwood along with hardly any showing only natural cedar figuring grain.

Happy restaurant customers!!