"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
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On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 10:04:34 -0600, "Swingman" wrote:

... and many of my books show numerous examples of original tables with
many laminations in rather narrow tops.

My last Stickley piece was a 603 round table
http://codesmiths.com/shed/furniture.../table_603.jpg
The top on that is 3 pieces in 20" diameter

1.5" is _skinny_ though. That's not stability, it's penny-pinching.

Yep, that is too skinny, especially if they're all near the same width. I've
only personally handled one original piece with a lamination that narrow ...
it was on the front edge of an end table and likely that size because the
top was cut to dimension after being glued up. While the top grain matched
quite well, you could, as usual, see it clearly in the end grain ... but
that kind of stuff never bothered me in the least.

Your 603 round table is gorgeous.

I just bought a interesting chair yesterday at a garage sale for $10 ... one
chair only. The piece is intriguing to me. It appears to resemble Mission/A
& C style, almost a Frank Lloyd Wright look to it, Oak, obviously hand made
from the tool marks on it, heavy as hell, and has been refinished with some
type of brown faux crap. Whoever built it knew what he was doing as the
workmanship is top drawer stuff.

www.e-woodshop.net/images/MysteryChair1.jpg
www.e-woodshop.net/images/MysteryChair2.jpg
www.e-woodshop.net/images/MysteryChair3.jpg

I like the look of it and bought it to measure it up and reproduce one of
these days for a dining room table I have in mind ... let me know if you
see anything you recognize in it.

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