Build a classic Danish Modern three legged coffee table. It’s a quick and satisfying weekend-ish project that will expand your woodworking skill set beyond 90˚ angles and square components. This versatile design is easily adapted to any size table whether a side table or dining table. It’s a great project to put your lathe to use and learn fundamental turning skills. If you’re an aspiring chairmaker these fundamental skills will surely come in handy. Break out of the norm with this project and enjoy that shop time.
Dimensions: 31” [788mm] W, 17-5/16” [440mm] H, 31” [788mm] D
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Caleb lives in Greenville, SC with his wife and two daughters. His first exposure to fine woodworking was in a middle school shop class where he built a stool. His interest in woodworking reemerged as a young adult building practical furniture for his first home. His interest (read obsession) and research into Danish chair design and construction began c.2005. He spent 6 years making furniture as a hobby before selling a successful business to make chairs full time in 2011. He has designed and produced a number of woodworking tools in the 18th and 19th century style most notably his line of spokeshaves for chairmaking. He has written several articles for Popular Woodworking magazine. He currently teaches Danish Modern chairmaking and is writing on that topic for a forthcoming book with Lost Art Press.