Greetings. I’m a reasonably capable flat woodworker whose wife wanted something along the lines of a farm table. I rarely turn her down, but making the legs wasn’t in my skill set. Still, I didn’t want to buy the legs, giving up the right to say that I made the table myself. I bought a starter lathe, destroyed a lot of wood and finally made the legs for this table. For years afterwards, the lathe saw only occasional use until the notion of becoming a better turner recently hit me. I upgraded my lathe (Jet 1840EVS), took a hollow form class at the North Carolina Furniture School and became a YouTube junkie. Now I’ll either get better at this or there’ll be another machine on the used lathe market.
The farmish table, my shop before the lathe upgrade and another flat work example.
The farmish table, my shop before the lathe upgrade and another flat work example.
